Mike Tyson on Hard Work Quotes

"The fight is won or lost far away from witnesses—behind the lines, in the gym, and out there on the road."

"If you're not humble, life will visit humility upon you. You have to work to stay grounded."

"God allows everything to happen for a reason. It's all a learning process, and you have to work through it."

"I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, and most ruthless champion there's ever been."

"You can't fail if you don't quit. You just keep working and adjusting."

"People are going to say what they say. I know who I am and what I've been through."

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

"The physical part is easy. The mental part of the work is the hardest thing to master."

"I just want to conquer people and their souls. That takes a lot of work in the gym and in the mind."

"I had to work harder than everyone else because I was smaller than everyone else."

"I wanted to be the best that ever lived. That's a lot of pressure, and you handle pressure with work."

"You have to work when you don't feel like working. That's what makes the difference."

"You have to believe in yourself when no one else does. That's what makes you work harder."

"Repetition is the mother of skill. You do it until it becomes part of your soul."

"Fear is like fire. It can cook for you, it can heat your house, or it can burn you down."

"I was a professional at being a warrior. That requires 24/7 work."

"Success is a process. It's not a destination. You have to work every single day."

"If you don't do it for love, you're going to fail. The work is too hard if you don't love it."

"Without struggle, there is no progress. There is no history."

"My style was impetuous, my defense was impregnable, and I was just ferocious. But that was all practice."

"I am a historian of the sport. I worked to understand those who came before me."

"Social media made you all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it."

"The only reason I was successful was because I was willing to do the things other people weren't willing to do."

"I never gave up, even when things looked dark. I kept working."

"I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I seize a handful of clouds."

"The hardest work I ever did was the work on my own character."

"I was born to do this. But I had to work to become who I was born to be."

"I would run at 4 in the morning because I knew my opponent was still sleeping. That gave me an edge."

"Whatever you want, especially when you're striving to be the best in the world, there's going to be disappointment."

"You can't be a champion without being willing to endure the pain of the process."

"My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive."

"Greatness is not guarding yourself from the people; greatness is being accepted by the people."

"Without discipline, help is useless."