Top 280 Mike Tyson Quotes (2024 Update)
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151. “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

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

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

155. “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

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

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

— Mike Tyson

159. “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

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

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

162. “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

163. “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

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

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

168. “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

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

— Mike Tyson

170. “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

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

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

175. “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

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

— Mike Tyson

177. “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

178. “That’s all they said was wrong with me?”

— Mike Tyson

179. “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

180. “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

181. “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

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

— Mike Tyson

183. “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

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

— 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. “He was screaming like my wife.”

— Mike Tyson

187. “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

188. “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

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

— Mike Tyson

190. “I can deal with adversity.”

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

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

— Mike Tyson

193. “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

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

— Mike Tyson

195. “I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day.”

— Mike Tyson

196. “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

197. “It’s unnatural to fight somebody who has nothing against you and never did anything to you or to your family, who never stole anything from you. And now you’ve got to go and try to dismantle this guy.”

— Mike Tyson

198. “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

199. “Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn’t talk much. I never met him.”

— Mike Tyson

200. “I’m not a Republican, but I have some conservative views on certain things. I’m not a Democrat, either. It’s just very difficult that these people hate each other over a belief. I think it all comes down to ego and competitiveness.”

— Mike Tyson