I’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
MIKE TYSONI’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
MIKE TYSONAny 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 TYSONEvery win, regardless a good or bad one, gives you more confidence.
MIKE TYSONMost fighters are the most humble people in the world because they’ve gotten their ass kicked before.
MIKE TYSONYou stand your ground and you perform your art. That’s what the artist does. The artist is about perfection.
MIKE TYSONYou 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 TYSONSometimes 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 TYSONAnger is my biggest enemy in life.
MIKE TYSONIn order for me to achieve… I had to regard myself greater than what I was. In other words I had to fake it until I make it.
MIKE TYSONWe all have struggles in life but we have to continue to fight.
MIKE TYSONMy nature is to get instant gratification. On stage, I can feel everybody’s anticipation. I know what they want, I know what I’m going to give them, I know when I’m going to give it to them, I know when they want it.
MIKE TYSONI’m a historian, and that freaks me out.
MIKE TYSONWhen Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
MIKE TYSONThe tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.
MIKE TYSONIn 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 TYSONThere’s nothing like confidence.
MIKE TYSON