Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
MIKE TYSONBoxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.
MIKE TYSONYou stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
MIKE TYSONThere’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 TYSONYou need to learn independence. You have to be independent – it builds character.
MIKE TYSONI’m gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me…your great grandkids will say “wow, wasn’t that a bizarre individual?”
MIKE TYSONI’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 TYSONYou never lose until you actually give up.
MIKE TYSONThis white woman came up to me, and I’m thinking, WOW. When I was a kid, she would have been robbed and raped and left for dead. This is a real strange scenario, and I just wanted to cry. I’m like, “Who am I? Where’s my heritage?
MIKE TYSONEverybody you fight is not your enemy and everybody who helps you is not your friend.
MIKE TYSONI’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 TYSONEverybody wants to be somebody. Everybody wants to be noticed. Everybody wants to be somebody important. Importance is just treating people good. That’s important.
MIKE TYSONWhat I’ve done in the past is history and what I’m gonna do in the future is a mystery.
MIKE TYSONNot to be egotistical, but I don’t think there is a man on this planet who can beat me.
MIKE TYSONI can’t change myself. I’m Mike Tyson. I’m a regular kid from the getto striving to do something positive with myself. I happen to fight well.
MIKE TYSONHard times fall upon everybody. Whatever it is, we’re going to get out of it.
MIKE TYSONYou have to compete in life because if you don’t have no competition – no competition, no spirit, you know, you’ll fall under the slightest struggle.
MIKE TYSON