Mike Tyson Quotes

I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them

I'm not an animal, but I act like one sometimes

When I fight someone, I want to take his heart. I want to rip his heart out and show it to him

Everyone that you fight is not your enemy and everyone who helps you is not your friend

I’m the best ever. I’m the most vicious and most ruthless champion there’s ever been

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

The fighting game is a game of deception

You have to have a villain and they always made me the villain. I'm not no villain. I'm just a guy that wanted to be champion

My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I’m too sensitive. It’s easy for people to take advantage of me

You can’t be disturbed by anything. There’s nothing we can do. We can only react and control how we react.

Boxing is a hurt business; it ain’t no checkers

Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth

Whatever you want, especially when you’re striving to be the best in the world at something, there’ll always be disappointments, and you can’t be emotionally tied to them—because they’ll break you

I’ll fight any man, any animal. If Jesus were here, I’d fight him too

I can sell out Madison Square Garden masturbating

You stand toe-to-toe with me, you’re making a mistake

I was born to be champion of the world

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

I'm not afraid to die, but I am afraid to change

I’m not Mother Teresa, but I’m also not Charles Manson

Everyone wants to go to heaven, but no one wants to die

Anger is my biggest enemy in life

Love is the most addictive drug, and it destroys you

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

I was addicted to chaos

Without discipline, nobody can be successful

I'm the youngest heavyweight champion in history, and I'm going to be the oldest

Sometimes I put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters

Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning, but I learned early that fear is my friend

I'm just a man who wants to be respected and feared in life, and I want to be loved too

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

In order to succeed, I had to be savage

Confidence breeds success and success breeds confidence

The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world

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

Everybody’s got monsters in their closet, but you have to face them

We're all going to die. No one is immortal, but life has to go on

In order for me to achieve... I had to sacrifice. Growing up, I sacrificed a lot of things

I just want to be humble at all times

I had to learn humility. I lost everything—money, respect, everything. I had to start from scratch

When I was a kid, my only hope for love was through my pigeons

Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy

I just want to be humble and live my life, and try to be a better person every day

I'm the most brutal and ruthless conqueror there has ever been

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

My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I’m just ferocious

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.

Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble, it's going to bring humbleness to you

I just want to conquer people and their souls

I try to catch him right on the tip of the nose, because I try to punch the bone into the brain

The closer I get to the ring, the more confident I get. Once I’m in the ring, I’m a god. No one can beat me

As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.

Fear is like fire. It can be helpful if you know how to use it. If not, it’ll burn you and everything around you

The one thing I know, everyone has bad intentions when it comes to fighting

I made a lot of mistakes and I paid for them dearly. I’ve learned you can’t be a tough guy forever