I never look at a high point in my career. Everyone thinks about the Spinks fight, but that fight only lasted 91 seconds, so it's hard to say it defined my career. Mike Tyson More Quotes by Mike Tyson More Quotes From Mike Tyson Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you. Mike Tyson fightinghumblesports 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. Mike Tyson rollingcrushfire Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend. Mike Tyson fightinglifeenemy 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. Mike Tyson weedregretwish Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it. Mike Tyson workouthatemotivational Treat the world the way you want to be treated. Mike Tyson respecthonestykindness 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. Mike Tyson succeedproblemorder At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything. Mike Tyson acquiring-thingslosing-everythinglife-is You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character. Mike Tyson independenceindependentcharacter Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares. Mike Tyson carejobsthinking As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want. Mike Tyson perseverancemotivationalsports 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. Mike Tyson accomplishmenterrorsmeditation 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. Mike Tyson testsmayway 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. Mike Tyson uncomfortabledisciplinefeels Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It's the determination and the will in the guy. Mike Tyson fightingdeterminationspiritual 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! Mike Tyson fearheartchildren 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.' Mike Tyson boxingfeetmotivational Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence... Confidence applied properly surpasses genius. Mike Tyson mmagenius Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most. Mike Tyson disappointsometimespeople The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world. Mike Tyson greatnessboxingsports
