We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
MIKE TYSONMy 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.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
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When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap – people shouldn’t read that stuff.
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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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Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It’s all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.
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In order to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If you’re not a friend to yourself, there’s no way you’re gonna have any friends.
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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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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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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.
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There’s nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don’t make the same ones. We don’t want to duplicate them.
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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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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
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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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In order to succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can’t do both of them, you’ve got a problem.
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I’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.
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