Top 280 Mike Tyson Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “I used to have lots of tigers. I had all sorts of exotic pets when I had some money. Before I was broke, I had everything. Pigeons and vultures, lions, tigers, and bears. I had it all.”

— Mike Tyson

152. “Most fighters are the most humble people in the world because they’ve gotten their ass kicked before.”

— Mike Tyson

153. “You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative.”

— Mike Tyson

154. “For this fight my blood, my soul, everything was on the line.”

— Mike Tyson

155. “I’ll fight anybody my trainer puts me in with because I’m confident I can beat any fighter in the world. If anybody can see I’m almost a master at evading punches coming at me.”

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

157. “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.”

— Mike Tyson

158. “My father was a pimp before he became a deacon or something. These people know how to handle women. I’m the worst guy in the world with women. They run circles around me.”

— Mike Tyson

159. “As human beings, nobody gets out of this world free. We all have to do some suffering before we leave.”

— Mike Tyson

160. “I don’t try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That’s nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.”

— Mike Tyson

161. “We live in a society where we basically live and strive on what people think about us. We’re more visual people so what we see is basically what we believe which is not necessarily true.”

— Mike Tyson

162. “Sarah Palin met the wombshifter! Old Sarah and the wombshifter.”

— Mike Tyson

163. “My main objective is to be professional but to kill him.”

— Mike Tyson

164. “I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.”

— Mike Tyson

165. “I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this night for a long time.”

— Mike Tyson

166. “I probably have a 20,000-word vocabulary. I’ll match my wits with anyone on literature, science and the arts.”

— Mike Tyson

167. “It’s good to be successful and have financial status but if you’re only gonna live for the money, you’re only gonna reach a certain status and I’m in there for greatness and peace of mind.”

— Mike Tyson

168. “I’m just trying to change my life because I’m not above killing any drug dealer for money.”

— Mike Tyson

169. “I just love to fight. I like to hurt people. I haven’t lost that. I didn’t lose it when I first got a bit of wealth and I haven’t lost it now. The nature of my business is to hurt people.”

— Mike Tyson

170. “I’m not Mother Teresa, but I’m not Charles Manson, either.”

— Mike Tyson

171. “Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.”

— Mike Tyson

172. “I could never stop drugs, I could never stop drinking, until I received my spiritual awakening.”

— Mike Tyson

173. “If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?”

— Mike Tyson

174. “I’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.”

— Mike Tyson

175. “Ten years ago, if you asked me where I’d be now, I’d have said F-ing dead. But I’m not dead. I have an awesome life. And I’m just very grateful. That’s the one thing I try to convey. Gratitude.”

— Mike Tyson

176. “Nietzsche’s my favorite. He’s just insane.”

— Mike Tyson

177. “I’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.”

— Mike Tyson

178. “In order to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If you’re not a friend to yourself, there’s no way you’re gonna have any friends.”

— Mike Tyson

179. “Boxing is an ego-driven sport. The idea is to not get too personal or emotional with it. You just know when it’s over, it’s over, and that’s it.”

— Mike Tyson

180. “Sometimes they laugh at things I don’t think are funny, but I believe if they’re laughing at me, it’s a good show.”

— Mike Tyson

181. “I was blessed with speed and a good punch. Everybody thinks I’m the hardest puncher ever. But I just think I was really fast, and my punches got to the target faster. That’s what made my knockouts always seem spectacular.”

— Mike Tyson

182. “Sometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friend’s gonna have to prove they’re your friend, and you’re gonna have to prove you’re their friend.”

— Mike Tyson

183. “I’m not a good-looking guy. I don’t care if my nose gets mashed.”

— Mike Tyson

184. “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.”

— Mike Tyson

185. “I tried to stay away from King. You can’t do it. It’s like staying away from taxes. Sooner or later, he’ll get you.”

— Mike Tyson

186. “Every win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.”

— Mike Tyson

187. “He was screaming like my wife.”

— Mike Tyson

188. “I like horror movies. Nightmare on Elm Street is my favourite. I even get scared a little bit watching horror.”

— Mike Tyson

189. “There are nine million people who see me in the ring and hate my guts. Most of them are white. That’s okay. Just spell my name right.”

— Mike Tyson

190. “The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone’s not true with themselves.”

— Mike Tyson

191. “That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke.”

— Mike Tyson

192. “I can deal with adversity.”

— Mike Tyson

193. “I don’t want to be grotesque, but when you’re 330 pounds, it’s hard to wipe your ass. You know?”

— Mike Tyson

194. “Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It’s all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.”

— Mike Tyson

195. “I am not a role model.”

— Mike Tyson

196. “Every great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.”

— Mike Tyson

197. “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.”

— Mike Tyson

198. “I’m a vegan. I lost 150 pounds because of being a vegan.”

— Mike Tyson

199. “I was in handcuffs. I was under arrest. I remember there was this old lady looking at me, and I could tell she felt real sorry for me, and she did’nt know but all I wanted to do was take her purse.”

— Mike Tyson

200. “At times, I come across as crude or crass, that irritates you when I come across like a Neanderthal or a babbling idiot at times. But I like to be that person. I like to show you all that person because that’s who you come to see.”

— Mike Tyson