Mike Tyson Quotes
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These books ain't window dressing. I think Machiavelli's the most sophisticated writer outside of Shakespeare. Way ahead of his time. Such a manipulative person. Everything he accomplished he did by kissin' ass.
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Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.
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One minute I'm robbing a dope house. Next minute I'm the youngest heavyweight champion of the world. I'm only 20, 19, with a lot of money. Who am I? What am I? I don't even know who I am. I'm just a dumb child who's being abused and robbed by lawyers. I'm just a dumb pugnacious fool. I'm just a fool who thinks he's someone. Then you tell me I should be responsible.
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There's nothing like confidence.
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Sarah Palin met the wombshifter! Old Sarah and the wombshifter.
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People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.
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I have the same malice in my heart as far as the fight game is concerned, but outside the ring, I won't say anything a dignified man won't say.
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Without struggle, there is no progress. There has to be struggle in your life. You have to grow in experience to control your ego. Cause, you know, an ego can be crushed, it can be killed, it can be smashed, but it comes back. It never dies. That's the thing about the ego: it never dies.
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I refuse to let adversity allow me to be average.
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I am not a role model.
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I just have this thing inside me that wants to eat and conquer. Maybe it's egotistical, but I have it in me. I don't want to be a tycoon. I just want to conquer people and their souls.
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I just did what I did in my era, basically because of my admiration for the guys who came before me. That's how I've always looked at it. I never thought of boxing like, I'm going to be the greatest fighter ever and make a lot of money. Instead, I thought I was going to win because I learned from the best. I carefully studied the videotapes of all the fighters from the past, dissected their styles, and entered the ring with their spirit.
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At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
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I like strong women - not necessarily a masculine woman - but I like strong women...say a woman who runs a C.E.O. corporation. I like a strong woman with confidence - massive confidence - and then I want to dominate her sexually.
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You're sweet. I'm going to make sure you kiss me good with those big lips. I'm gonna make you my girlfriend.
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I normally don't do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.
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If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?
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Nietzsche's my favorite. He's just insane.
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Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you. If you can control your fear, it makes you more alert, like a deer coming across the lawn.
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I just want them to keep bringing guys on and I'am going to strip them of their health. I bring pain a lot of pain.
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Fighting is a sport; if you're not humble it's going to bring humbleness to you.
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The U.S. prostitutes are fighting with everybody, shooting at everybody. It's like dating a gangbanger.
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You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative.
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When I'm on stage, I'm not me playing me. I'm somebody else doing me. I could never go on stage and be like, "Hey, I'm Mike Tyson. My mother and father was in the sex industry." That's the politically correct way to say it, but I would really say, "My mother and father were pimps and whores. This is my life." I could never do that as Mike Tyson. Because I'd feel sorry for myself. But if I could be objective about it and be somebody else, portraying Mike Tyson, saying this story, then it's easy sailing.