40 of the Best Quotes by Mike Tyson

40 of the Best Quotes by Mike Tyson

Last updated on March 23rd, 2022 at 05:11 am

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Michael Gerald Tyson, also known as Mike Tyson was born on June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. At the age of 20, he became the youngest heavyweight boxing champion of the world in history, establishing himself as the best boxer of his time. Today we take a look at the Best Quotes by Mike Tyson!

Best of Mike Tyson Quotes

โ€œI have no self-esteem, but the biggest ego in the world.โ€

Quotes by Mike Tyson, Independent on Sunday, 18 October 1998

โ€œThereโ€™s nothing wrong with making mistakes, just donโ€™t make the same ones. We donโ€™t want to duplicate them.โ€

Mike Tyson

โ€œI can talk about humility, but Iโ€™m not humble. I mean, if you say, โ€˜Iโ€™m humble,โ€™ youโ€™ve just contradicted yourself. But Iโ€™m trying to be, man, Iโ€™m trying so hard.โ€

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โ€œMy objective is to be the ultimate professional. Regardless of whatever happens, the job has to be done. Thatโ€™s what being a professional is.โ€

Quotes by Mike Tyson, Quoted in The New York Times, 28 June 1988

โ€œPeople love you when youโ€™re successful, but if youโ€™re not, who really cares about you?โ€

Quotes by Mike Tyson, January 1986, interview with Wallace Mathews in Newsday
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โ€œIf youโ€™re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you. Iโ€™m a really damaged human being, and itโ€™s still such a struggle, but Iโ€™m going to fight to the end this time.โ€

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โ€œA lot of people get the misconception that by being free that youโ€™re free. Thatโ€™s not necessarily true. Thereโ€™s more people on the outside who are in prison than Iโ€™ll ever be in here.โ€

Quotes by Mike Tyson, Quoted in โ€˜The Education of Mike Tysonโ€™ (1994) by Pete Hamill

ย ย ย ย  โ€œI know at times I come across like a Neanderthal or a babbling idiot, but I like that person. I like to show you that person because thatโ€™s who you all come to see. Iโ€™m Tyson. Iโ€™m a tyrannical titan. And sometimes I say, โ€œGod, it would be good to be a fake somebody rather than a real nobody.โ€

Quotes by Mike Tyson, Statement during a conversation with a group of reporters. Quoted in the New York Times (May 21, 2002)

โ€œIntimidation is crucial to the art of warfare, and itโ€™s totally legit. Itโ€™s allowed to be used. It must be used.โ€

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โ€œI am many things. I am an animal. I am a convicted rapist, a hellraiser, a loving father, a semi-good husband. You donโ€™t know me.โ€

Quotes by Mike Tyson, Statement at press conference (September 14, 2000)

โ€œEveryone that you fight is not your enemy and everyone who helps you is not your friend.โ€

Mike Tyson

โ€œMy style was impetuous, my defences were impregnable, and I was ferocious.โ€

Quotes by Mike Tyson, Undisputed Truth (ed. Penguin, 2013) โ€“ ISBN: 9781101621134
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The Greatest Mike Tyson Quotes

โ€œIโ€™m not a good father. Iโ€™m a good man with my kids. Iโ€™m very generous with them. Iโ€™m very kind to them, but I am not a good father.โ€

Mike Tyson Quotes, ESPN, June 2005

โ€œIntimidation is crucial to the art of warfare, and itโ€™s totally legit. Itโ€™s allowed to be used. It must be used.โ€

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โ€œAnger is my biggest enemy in life.โ€

Mike Tyson

โ€œMan is not mean to be humble, heโ€™s meant to be humbled.โ€

Mike Tyson

โ€œBeing a champion opens lots of doorsโ€”Iโ€™d like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance.โ€

Mike Tyson Quotes, โ€œFailure in the Desert: Blood and Neon: Tyson, Smith, Las Vegas, and Boxingโ€ in The Village Voice, March 24, 1987

โ€œThe act of treachery is an art, but the traitor himself is a piece of shit.โ€

Mike Tyson Quotes, Telegraph, May, 2002

โ€œI try my best to learn from other peopleโ€™s mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.โ€

Mike Tyson qUOTES, โ€œAn Earful From Mike Tysonโ€. Interview with Steve Springer, articles. latimes.com. October 3, 1999.

โ€œAt one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.โ€

Mike Tyson qUOTES, โ€œTyson canโ€™t beat Father Timeโ€ by Chuck Johnson, usatoday30.usatoday.com. June 12, 2005

โ€œThe mind is a real dangerous neighbourhood to travel by ourselves.โ€

Mike Tyson Quotes, Citizens Of Peace Magazine Interview, mag.citizensofhumanity.com. December 14, 2015.

โ€œSometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friendโ€™s gonna have to prove theyโ€™re your friend, and youโ€™re gonna have to prove youโ€™re their friendโ€

Mike Tyson Quotes, Interview with Earl Sweatshirt, genius.com.

โ€œThereโ€™s nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.โ€

Mike Tyson Quotes, Citizens Of Peace Magazine Interview, mag.citizensofhumanity.com. December 14, 2015.
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Famous Mike Tyson Quotes

โ€œIn order to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If youโ€™re not a friend to yourself, thereโ€™s no way youโ€™re gonna have any friends.โ€

MIKE TYSON, Citizens Of Peace Magazine Interview, mag.citizensofhumanity.com. December 14, 2015.

โ€œIโ€™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.โ€

Mike Tyson

โ€œI canโ€™t change myself. Iโ€™m Mike Tyson. Iโ€™m a regular kid from the ghetto striving to do something positive with myself. I happen to fight well.โ€

Mike Tyson

โ€œSometimes, the people we invest the most time in disappoint us the most.โ€

MIKE TYSON, Interview with Earl Sweatshirt, www.mtv.com. December 18, 2014.

โ€œYou need to learn independence. You have to be independent โ€“ it builds character.โ€

MIKE TYSON, Interview with Earl Sweatshirt, mag.citizensofhumanity.com. December 14, 2015.

โ€œI got a imam, I got a rabbi, I got a priest, I got a reverend โ€“ I got โ€™em all. But I donโ€™t want to be holier-than-thou. I want to help everybody and still get some (sex).โ€

MIKE TYSON, โ€œTyson: โ€˜My whole life has been a waste'โ€. Interview with Jon Saraceno, usatoday30.usatoday.com. June 2, 2005.

โ€œEvery great general and warrior from the beginning of time was high.โ€

MIKE TYSON, โ€œMike Tyson: I used fake willie to fool drug-testers and fought on cocaineโ€ by David Anderson, www.mirror.co.uk. November 13, 2013

โ€œFive heads are definitely better than one when theyโ€™re thinking in the same perspective. I think that you really need to have people that you trust. And for me, trust comes from that synchronizing, that same-mindedness.โ€

MIKE TYSON, โ€œMike Tyson: โ€˜You Have To Feel Comfortable Being Uncomfortable'โ€. Interview with David J. Parnell, www.forbes.com. November 18, 2014.

โ€œI donโ€™t want to be remembered. As long as my kids remember me, Iโ€™d rather be forgotten by everybody else.โ€

MIKE TYSON, โ€œAn Earful From Mike Tysonโ€. Interview with Steve Springer, articles.latimes.com. October 03, 1999.

โ€œIf you canโ€™t remember the small things, how are you going to remember the big things?โ€

MIKE TYSON, Interview with Earl Sweatshirt, genius.com.

โ€œEverybody in America is so money-hungry. Itโ€™s like a rat race and even when you win youโ€™re still a freaking rat.โ€

MIKE TYSON, In The Times, Dec 26.2000

โ€œI never think of physical fighting. Itโ€™s always spiritual. Fighting is spiritual.โ€

MIKE TYSON, Citizens Of Peace Magazine Interview, mag.citizensofhumanity.com. December 14, 2015

โ€œCommon sense is so very simple but very difficult to grasp.โ€

MIKE TYSON, Interview with Earl Sweatshirt, mag.citizensofhumanity.com. December 14, 2015.

โ€œReal freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didnโ€™t have a cent.โ€

MIKE TYSON, โ€œTyson 20 years down the lineโ€ by Gareth A Davies, www.telegraph.co.uk. November 22, 2006.

โ€œI have the same malice in my heart as far as the fight game is concerned, but outside the ring, I wonโ€™t say anything a dignified man wonโ€™t say.โ€

MIKE TYSON, Interview with Robert E. Johnson, Ebony, p. 78, September 1995

โ€œI can talk about humility, but Iโ€™m not humble. I mean, if you say, Iโ€™m humble, youโ€™ve just contradicted yourself. But Iโ€™m trying to be, man, Iโ€™m trying so hard.โ€

MIKE TYSON, Mike Tyson interview: The iron man meltsโ€ by Ivan Solotaroff, www.theguardian.com. December 4, 2010.
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โ€œEveryone has a plan โ€™till they get punched in the mouth.โ€

MIKE TYSON

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Mike Tyson Facts

Mike Tysonโ€™s father left the family when he was just 2 years old. This led to financial crises in the family. He has one elder brother, Rodney, and an elder sister, Denise, who died in 1990.

In his childhood, he was often a soft target of bullying. To overcome this, he started street fighting, which resulted in criminal activity. He was arrested around 38 times till he reached 13.

When Tyson was in prison in his younger days, boxing legend Muhammad Ali visited him and guided him to start a career in boxing and gave him the right direction.

His mother, Lorna Tyson, died of cancer in 1982, after which Cus Dโ€™Amato, his boxing coach, became his legal guardian.

In 1997, he bit boxer Evander Holyfieldโ€™s ear in a heavyweight championship fight. He was disqualified, and Holyfield was declared the winner. This incident posted a black mark on his sportsmanship.

In 1991, Mike Tyson was charged for raping a Miss Black America contestant. He was arrested and imprisoned for 6 years but was released after 3 years.

He has unusual pet likings. He has 3 Royal Bengal Tigers, on which he spends around $4000 every month. He is well known for his deep love for pigeons.


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