Mike Tyson Quotes
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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 never lose until you actually give up.
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In order to succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can't do both of them, you've got a problem.
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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'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.
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I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.
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There's nothing like confidence.
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He was crying in there, making woman gestures.
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People tell me I'm a comedian, but I don't approach acting from that perspective. I do know that everything in life has to do with your timing and perception. You have to be comfortable with the rhythm that you're in. You can't just jump into a fast rhythm if yours is slow. You might have to pick up the pace but in your own particular way. It has to do with personality, too.
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You stand your ground and you perform your art. That's what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
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Anything that helps pay the bills, I love it. Anything that makes people happy, I'm happy with that.
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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.
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We all have to control our feelings. That's the thing that separates us from animals.
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I can deal with adversity.
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Basically I don't care what people think of me. I'm not in the communications business.
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Anger is my biggest enemy in life.
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I'm sorry I let everybody down, I'm fighting just to pay my bills. I don't have the stomach for this anymore... I don't have the desire for it. I feel bad for the people... I wish they could get their money back.
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Some people are faster than others; I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon.
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He didn't have no respect as a professional fighter should, no class. I was going to make him pay with his health for everything he said... I wanted to do it very slowly. I wanted him to remember this for a long time.
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Unfortunately, sometimes you can't have fun accomplishing your goals. Sometimes people don't have the determination, the will, the steadfastness, the tenacity, they give in under the slightest struggle.
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I was very dedicated and serious about fighting. I'd read about all the fighters. I found out where they came from, knew about their mothers and their fathers . . . I just read all about their lives, their training.
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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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For what I get paid to get into the ring, I owe it to my fans to uphold the institution of sportsmanship.