Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American boxer Mike Tyson.
Last updated on September 10, 2024.
Michael Gerard Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "The Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is considered to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990. Tyson won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them in the first round. Claiming his first belt at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old, Tyson holds the record as the youngest boxer ever to win a heavyweight title. He was the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, as well as the only heavyweight to unify them in succession. The following year, Tyson became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round. In 1990, Tyson was knocked out by underdog Buster Douglas in one of the biggest upsets in history.
I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.
I'm a Muslim, but I think Jesus would have a drink with me. He would be cool. He would talk to me.
I just want to conquer people and their souls.
As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
I've lived places these guys can't defecate in.
Everybody's got plans... until they get hit.
Quayle said the worst thing that happened to him was that he never trusted his own judgment. I said from now on I am going to go with my own judgment.
I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down.
That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up.
I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.
I'm a historian, and that freaks me out.
Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him.
I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.
I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.
I think the average person thinks I'm a nut and I deserve whatever happens to me.
Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It's all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.
I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
I'll go back and take what the people owe me.
People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
Greatness is not guarding yourself from the people; greatness is being accepted by the people.
When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him.
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.
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.
I'm in trouble because I'm normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don't like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself.
It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.
If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?
I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right.
I try to catch them right on the tip of his nose, because I try to punch the bone into the brain.
I ain't the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off.
I don't react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don't care about anything. It's just too hard for me to get emotional. I can't cry no more.
When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I'll never be part of society the way I should.
When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it.
I'm just happy I'm not a phony.
I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.
You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative.
I know why they don't like me because they want the money I have.
I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day.
I did my time for the rape. I paid my money to Las Vegas. I paid my dues.
God lets everything happen for a reason. It's all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.
I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.
I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.
Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.
That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke.
My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used.
I just look around and say, I'm a mess. I don't know why I do things.
Sometimes I put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters.
I love to hit people. I love to.
The only thing I do is just pray for inspiration, for a way of thinking, because I don't have any particular goal in sight.
Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.
I just want to be humble at all times.
I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.
I'm not Mother Teresa, but I'm not Charles Manson, either.