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 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 fighting humble sports 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 rolling crush fire Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend. Mike Tyson fighting life enemy 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 weed regret wish Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it. Mike Tyson workout hate motivational Treat the world the way you want to be treated. Mike Tyson respect honesty kindness 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 succeed problem order 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-things losing-everything life-is You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character. Mike Tyson independence independent character Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares. Mike Tyson care jobs thinking As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want. Mike Tyson perseverance motivational sports 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 accomplishment errors meditation 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 tests may way 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 uncomfortable discipline feels Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It's the determination and the will in the guy. Mike Tyson fighting determination spiritual 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 fear heart children 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 boxing feet motivational Confidence breeds success & success breeds confidence... Confidence applied properly surpasses genius. Mike Tyson mma genius Sometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most. Mike Tyson disappoint sometimes people The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world. Mike Tyson greatness boxing sports
