I had it in my mind: to be confident, and to keep saying that until the confidence appeared. But I took it too far. Confidence did help make me champion, but, man, I took it to a whole different level. I was a megalomaniac. I was not humble and it eventually came back on me. So I want my kids to know, keep humbleness and kindness in their hearts. It will prevail.

Mike Tyson

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Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring hum... by Mike Tyson

Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.

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Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning. But fear is your best friend. Fear is like fire. If you learn to control it, you let it work for you. If you don’t learn to control it, it’ll destroy you and everything around you. Like a snowball on a hill, you can pick it up and throw it or do anything you want with it before it starts rolling down, but once it rolls down and gets so big, it’ll crush you to death. So one must never allow fear to develop and build up without having control over it, because if you don’t you won’t be able to achieve your objective or save your life.

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Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you... by Mike Tyson

Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.

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Tupac Shakur always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it, and I wish I did...That's my biggest regret.

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Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it... by Mike Tyson

Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.

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Treat the world the way you want to be treated. by Mike Tyson

Treat the world the way you want to be treated.

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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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At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.

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You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it b... by Mike Tyson

You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.

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Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your jo... by Mike Tyson

Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.

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As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want. by Mike Tyson

As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.

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You should sit in meditation for 20 minutes a day, unless you're too busy, then you should sit for an hour. If Tetris has taught me anything, it's that errors pile up & accomplishments disappear. Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.

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Confidence applied properly is the path of genius. You must always be in a state of confidence. And the way you sustain a state of confidence is by testing yourself. Difficult quagmires that may occur; there's always a test. You have to seek them out. You constantly have to test yourself to prepare for these quagmires. That's why I always put myself to the test.

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You have to feel comfortable being uncomfortable. I'm always comfortable being uncomfortable. And to be comfortable being uncomfortable, I have to hone my discipline, which to me is doing what I have to do, but also doing it like I love it.

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Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It's the determi... by Mike Tyson

Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It's the determination and the will in the guy.

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I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, and most ruthless champion there's ever been. There's no one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No, I'm Alexander, he's no Alexander. I'm the best ever! There's never been anybody as ruthless! I'm Sonny Liston, I'm Jack Dempsey. There's no one like me. I'm from their cloth. There's no one that can match me. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want your heart! I want to eat his children! Praise be to Allah!

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I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.'

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Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence... Confidence applied properly surpasses genius.

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Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us th... by Mike Tyson

Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.

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The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world. by Mike Tyson

The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.

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