Mike Tyson quotes

Born
June 30, 1966 Brownsville, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.

Occupation
Professional boxer.

Mike Tyson is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion.

I’m not Mother Teresa, but I’m not Charles Manson, either.
– Mike Tyson

I don’t try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That’s nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
– Mike Tyson

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.
– Mike Tyson

I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It’s ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
– Mike Tyson

I’ve lived places these guys can’t defecate in.
– Mike Tyson

People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.
– Mike Tyson

I just want to be humble at all times.
– Mike Tyson

I just want to do what I do best, and that’s fight. I love it.
– Mike Tyson

I’m going to gut you like a fish.
– Mike Tyson

I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
– Mike Tyson

Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn’t have a cent.
– Mike Tyson

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.
– Mike Tyson

God lets everything happen for a reason. It’s all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.
– Mike Tyson

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.
– Mike Tyson

I can inspire people on how to use money, how to get economically powerful.
– Mike Tyson

You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative.
– Mike Tyson

I just want to conquer people and their souls.
– Mike Tyson

My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
– Mike Tyson

I don’t understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don’t bother no one.
– Mike Tyson

When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap – people shouldn’t read that stuff.
– Mike Tyson

I’m just happy I’m not a phony.
– Mike Tyson

I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
– Mike Tyson

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.
– Mike Tyson

I’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
– Mike Tyson

Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.
– Mike Tyson

Everybody’s got plans… until they get hit.
– Mike Tyson

Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.
– Mike Tyson

When you see me smash somebody’s skull, you enjoy it.
– Mike Tyson