You 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 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 TYSONAnyone 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 TYSONI feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
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 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 TYSONI 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 TYSONThere’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.
MIKE TYSONDestroy or be destroyed! I just love that way of life!
MIKE TYSONDiscipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.
MIKE TYSONI’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
MIKE TYSONIf you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.
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 TYSONPeople say ‘Poor guy.’ That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. ‘Poor guy,’ like I’m some victim. There’s nothing poor about me.
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 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 TYSONWhen Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
MIKE TYSON