“Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.”
— Mike Tyson
“Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.”
“Everybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.”
“You never lose until you actually give up.”
“Don’t be surprised if I behave like a savage. I am a savage.”
“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.”
“Fear is like fire; it can be helpful if you know how to use. If not, you’ll get burned.”
“Money is my God. If you think God will help you then quit your job and see how much he cares.”
“If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.”
“The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I want your heart, I want to eat your children.”
“A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.”
“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.”
“Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn’t have a cent.”
“I fight for perfection.”
“Basically I don’t care what people think of me. I’m not in the communications business.”
“Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.”
“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.”
“You need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.”
“What I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.”
“God lets everything happen for a reason. It’s all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.”
“Destroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!”
“I’m on the Zoloft to keep from killing y’all.”
“Whatever my situation, I’m a strong disciplinarian; I can do what I hate to do but do it like I love it.”
“My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.”
“As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.”
“Anger is my biggest enemy in life.”
“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.’”
“I’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.”
“It’s nothing personal, but I’m going to kill this guy.”
“I just want to conquer people and their souls.”
“I normally don’t do interviews with women unless I fornicate with them.”
“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.”
“I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away.”
“All praise is to Allah, I’ll fight any man, any animal, if Jesus were here I’d fight him too.”
“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.”
“Things can change. Life is all a learning process.”
“Nothing is more humbling than getting your ass kicked.”
“There’s no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don’t want to close the door on it either.”
“I never think of physical fighting. It’s always spiritual. Fighting is spiritual.”
“At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. Life is totally about losing everything.”
“I just look around and say, I’m a mess. I don’t know why I do things.”
“I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It’s ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.”
“Hard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.”
“There’s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.”
“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.”
“Everybody thinks this is a tough man’s sport. This is not a tough man’s sport. This is a thinking man’s sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.”
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