Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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 confidence.
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Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they’ve gotten their ass kicked before.
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I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
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Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
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Treat the world the way you want to be treated.
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There’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.
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You 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.
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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
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I’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
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What was most important was the knowledge [aspect] of the fight. I learned this early on and just told myself to “upgrade my mind.” That’s just what I wanted to do my whole life.
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I always had a lot of responsibilities. I just didn’t take them. I just decided to take care of my responsibilities, live up to them. That’s a pretty interesting job. It’s harder than being heavyweight champion of the world.
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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
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I’m gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me…your great grandkids will say “wow, wasn’t that a bizarre individual?”
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It’s good to know how to read, but it’s dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you’re reading.
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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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