It’s unnatural to fight somebody who has nothing against you and never did anything to you or to your family, who never stole anything from you. And now you’ve got to go and try to dismantle this guy.
MIKE TYSONI’m not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I’m right.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.
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My 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.
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I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.
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People love you when you’re successful, but if you’re not, who really cares about you?
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You have to compete in life because if you don’t have no competition – no competition, no spirit, you know, you’ll fall under the slightest struggle.
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I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
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Sometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friend’s gonna have to prove they’re your friend, and you’re gonna have to prove you’re their friend.
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I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this night for a long time.
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These books ain’t window dressing. I think Machiavelli’s the most sophisticated writer outside of Shakespeare. Way ahead of his time. Such a manipulative person. Everything he accomplished he did by kissin’ ass.
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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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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence, Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.
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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 try my best to learn from other people’s mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.
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Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon, smart too late.
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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.
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