Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they’ve gotten their ass kicked before.
MIKE TYSONPeople relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.
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If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.
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When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that.
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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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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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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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As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.
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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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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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There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.
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The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves.
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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 fight for perfection.
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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
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I’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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