People say ‘Poor guy.’ That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. ‘Poor guy,’ like I’m some victim. There’s nothing poor about me.
MIKE TYSONYou have to be a friend to yourself. You know, ’cause if you’re not a friend to yourself, you’re an enemy to yourself and if someone’s a friend of everybody they are an enemy to themselves.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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My nature is to get instant gratification. On stage, I can feel everybody’s anticipation. I know what they want, I know what I’m going to give them, I know when I’m going to give it to them, I know when they want it.
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Some 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.
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There’s nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don’t make the same ones. We don’t want to duplicate them.
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I’m a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
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I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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I fight for perfection.
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The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone’s not true with themselves.
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There’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.
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I don’t try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That’s nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
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If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.
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I can’t change myself. I’m Mike Tyson. I’m a regular kid from the getto striving to do something positive with myself. I happen to fight well.
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