Anger is my biggest enemy in life. Mike Tyson More Quotes by Mike Tyson More Quotes From Mike Tyson Everybody thinks this is a tough man's sport. This is not a tough man's sport. This is a thinking man's sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport. Mike Tyson motivation hurt sports Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high. Mike Tyson warrior I'm addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos. Mike Tyson chaos boxing perfect Nietzsche's my favorite. He's just insane. Mike Tyson my-favorite insane You stand your ground and you perform your art. That's what the artist does. The artist is about perfection. Mike Tyson perfection doe art 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? Mike Tyson real kids thinking I was an emotional manipulator of fighters . . . You have to know how to be cold, you know? Just have no -emotions, no feelings. It takes time, though, to develop that. I'd been working on that since I was 12 years old. It doesn't happen overnight. Mike Tyson emotional feelings years To be successful in sports or business, you really have to live the lifestyle. Success is about lifestyle. Just because I was training and working hard, that didn't make me champion or a good fighter. My lifestyle made me a good fighter. In my mind and my daily life, I was the heavy weight champ when I was 15 or 14. I lived the life of the heavyweight champion, and that's who I became. And that is so much more than just training. So, when the time presented itself, that's who I already was. I was ready. I was already there. Mike Tyson live-life successful sports 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. Mike Tyson inspirational-sports stars dream If you're a professional, you'll make it work. You can be like, 'I'm not going to do that, I'm going to do it where I'm satisfied.' But I'm very comfortable being uncomfortable so I just go for it. Mike Tyson uncomfortable satisfied ifs I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average. Mike Tyson mma adversity average I'm a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight. Mike Tyson guy fighting want I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm. Mike Tyson boxing fear sports The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character. Mike Tyson boxing sports character It doesn’t faze me what anyone says about me. It doesn’t matter what anyone says about me. I’m a totally different entity to what other people think. Michael and Tyson are two different people. I’m Tyson here. Mike Tyson motivation fear thinking 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. Mike Tyson ifs order way People tell me I'm a comedian, but I don't approach acting from that perspective. I do know that everything in life has to do with your timing and perception. You have to be comfortable with the rhythm that you're in. You can't just jump into a fast rhythm if yours is slow. You might have to pick up the pace but in your own particular way. It has to do with personality, too. Mike Tyson perspective personality people It's the emotional punches that you can't see that are just overwhelmingly devastating to your heart - your moral fiber. Mike Tyson moral-fiber emotional heart As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave. Mike Tyson humans suffering world I never saw my mother happy with me and proud of me for doing something: She only knew me as being a wild kid running the streets, coming home with new clothes that she knew I didn't pay for. I never got a chance to talk to her or know about her. Professionally, it has no effect, but it's crushing emotionally and personally. Mike Tyson crush mother running