Everybody wants to be somebody. Everybody wants to be noticed. Everybody wants to be somebody important. Importance is just treating people good. That’s important.
MIKE TYSONAny man can do what he has to do. But doing it like you love it? That is what takes it to a whole different level. A champion does it like he loves it, even when he doesn’t.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
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I’m not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I’m right.
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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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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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This white woman came up to me, and I’m thinking, WOW. When I was a kid, she would have been robbed and raped and left for dead. This is a real strange scenario, and I just wanted to cry. I’m like, “Who am I? Where’s my heritage?
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The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in 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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Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.
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What I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.
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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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No one wants to get up at 4 and run when it’s pitch-dark, but it has to be done. The only reason i do it so early is because i believe the other guy isn’t doing it and that gives me a little edge.
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You never lose until you actually give up.
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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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The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
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God lets everything happen for a reason. It’s all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.
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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.
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Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.
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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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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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I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
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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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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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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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Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
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When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
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