You stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
MIKE TYSONYou stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
MIKE TYSONSome people are faster than others; I’m just figuring it out later, that’s all. I’m getting smart too late and old too soon.
MIKE TYSONThere’s no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don’t want to close the door on it either.
MIKE TYSONI’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
MIKE TYSONThere’s nothing like confidence.
MIKE TYSONWe all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
MIKE TYSONWhat 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.
MIKE TYSONNot to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
MIKE TYSONWhat I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.
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.
MIKE TYSONA man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
MIKE TYSONI’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
MIKE TYSONI’m the most brutal and ruthless conquerer there has ever been.
MIKE TYSONIt’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 a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
MIKE TYSONAs long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
MIKE TYSON