You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
MIKE TYSONYou need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
MIKE TYSONI’m the most brutal and ruthless conquerer there has ever been.
MIKE TYSONMy objective was to hurt the other fighters. I wanted to hurt them. I wanted to be merciless. Man, I was a wild thing. It’s kind of a drug, a rush.
MIKE TYSONThere’s nothing to fear but fear itself. It’s an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway; it’s not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.
MIKE TYSONEveryone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
MIKE TYSONI’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
MIKE TYSONThe drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
MIKE TYSONThere’s no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don’t want to close the door on it either.
MIKE TYSONThe tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
MIKE TYSONThere’s nothing like confidence.
MIKE TYSONDestroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
MIKE TYSONEverybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
MIKE TYSONAt one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
MIKE TYSONGod lets everything happen for a reason. It’s all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.
MIKE TYSONSome people are faster than others; I’m just figuring it out later, that’s all. I’m getting smart too late and old too soon.
MIKE TYSONMy biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
MIKE TYSON