Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
MIKE TYSONWhat I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.
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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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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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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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You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
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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 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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Fighting is a sport; if you’re not humble it’s going to bring humbleness to you.
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We all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight.
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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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As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.
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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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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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We’re all going to have tests in our life… We never know when that test comes, but we know we have to be prepared for it. We’re all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors.
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In order for me to achieve… I had to regard myself greater than what I was. In other words I had to fake it until I make it.
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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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