Top 280 Mike Tyson Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.”

— Mike Tyson

2. “Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.”

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: Athlete Quotes, Quotes About Money, Fighting Quotes, Sports Quotes, Adversity Quotes

3. “Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.”

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: Fighting Quotes

4. “You never lose until you actually give up.”

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: Failure Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Fighting Quotes

5. “No one wants to get up at 4 and run when it’s pitch-dark, but it has to be done. The only reason I do it so early is because I believe the other guy isn’t doing it and that gives me a little edge.”

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: Competition Quotes, Workout Quotes

6. “Fear is like fire; it can be helpful if you know how to use it. If not, you’ll get burned.”

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: Boxing Quotes

7. “Don’t be surprised if I behave like a savage. I am a savage.”

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: Hard Hitting Quotes, Crazy Quotes, Fight Club Quotes, Boxing Quotes

8. “A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.”

— Mike Tyson

9. “The temptation for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.”

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: Greatness Quotes

10. “If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.”

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: Humble Quotes, Humility Quotes

11. “You can’t be disturbed by anything. There’s no emotion involved. You can’t feel sorrow, you can’t feel pity, there’s nothing you feel. The job has to be done.”

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: Boxing Quotes

12. “Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.”

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: Quotes About Money, Demotivational Quotes

13. “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

Featured in: Dream Big Quotes

14. “There’s nothing to fear but fear itself. It’s an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway; it’s not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.”

— Mike Tyson

15. “I want your heart, I want to eat your children.”

— Mike Tyson

16. “Whatever my situation, I’m a strong disciplinarian; I can do what I hate to do but do it like I love it.”

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: Strong Quotes, Fighting Quotes

17. “You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.”

— Mike Tyson

18. “Basically I don’t care what people think of me. I’m not in the communications business.”

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: Communication Quotes

19. “I am the most ruthless, brutal champion ever. There is no one who can match me. I want your heart. I want to eat your children.”

— Mike Tyson

20. “You have to feel comfortable being uncomfortable. I’m always comfortable being uncomfortable. And to be comfortable being uncomfortable, I have to hone my discipline, which to me is doing what I have to do, but also doing it like I love it.”

— Mike Tyson

21. “Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.”

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: MMA Quotes

23. “I fight for perfection.”

— Mike Tyson

24. “Things can change. Life is all a learning process.”

— Mike Tyson

25. “I’m on the Zoloft to keep from killing y’all.”

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

27. “Anger is my biggest enemy in life.”

— Mike Tyson

28. “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

29. “What I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.”

— Mike Tyson

30. “At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. Life is totally about losing everything.”

— Mike Tyson

31. “Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!”

— Mike Tyson

32. “My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.”

— Mike Tyson

33. “Kindness and humbleness are really good qualities to possess. But, if you have to use the word humble, it means you’re not humble. And if you’re not humble to this world, this world will thrust humbleness upon you.”

— Mike Tyson

34. “I just want to conquer people and their souls.”

— Mike Tyson

35. “Any man can do what he has to do. But doing it like you love it? That is what takes it to a whole different level. A champion does it like he loves it, even when he doesn’t.”

— Mike Tyson

36. “Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.”

— Mike Tyson

37. “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.”

— Mike Tyson

38. “I’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.”

— Mike Tyson

39. “I’m scared every time I go into the ring, but it’s how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, ‘Let’s go.’”

— Mike Tyson

40. “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

41. “It’s nothing personal, but I’m going to kill this guy.”

— Mike Tyson

42. “I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.”

— Mike Tyson

Featured in: Firsts Quotes

43. “You’re sweet. I’m going to make sure you kiss me good with those big lips. I’m gonna make you my girlfriend.”

— Mike Tyson

44. “I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.”

— Mike Tyson

45. “All praise is to Allah, I’ll fight any man, any animal, if Jesus were here I’d fight him too.”

— Mike Tyson

46. “Nothing is more humbling than getting your ass kicked.”

— Mike Tyson

47. “I sacrifice so much of my life, can I at least get laid?”

— Mike Tyson

48. “I’m a good friend, but I’m a hell of an enemy. As your enemy, I want your demise. When I feel that in my heart it burns till I die.”

— Mike Tyson

49. “I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It’s ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.”

— Mike Tyson

50. “I never think of physical fighting. It’s always spiritual. Fighting is spiritual.”

— Mike Tyson