Selected Quotes by Mike Tyson
Mike Tyson- Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1985 to 2005. He was nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" early on in his career. He was later known by the monicker "The Baddest Man on the Planet".
He is widely regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion from 1987 to 1990. He won his first 19 professional fights by knockout, 12 of them coming in the first round. He claimed his first belt at 20 years, four months, and 22 days old, making him the youngest boxer to ever win a heavyweight title.
He was also the first heavyweight boxer to simultaneously hold the WBA, WBC and IBF titles, as well as the only heavyweight to unify them in succession. The following year, Tyson became the lineal champion when he knocked out Michael Spinks in 91 seconds of the first round. In 1992, he went to prison for six years but made a successful comeback by regaining the WBC and WBA titles.
Tyson was known for his ferocious and intimidating boxing style as well as his controversial behavior inside and outside the ring. With a knockout-to-win percentage of 88%, he was ranked 16th on The Ring magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time, and first on ESPN's list of "The Hardest Hitters in Heavyweight History". Sky Sports described him as "perhaps the most ferocious fighter to step into a professional ring". He has been inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame. (Source: Wikipedia)
Selected Quotes by Mike Tyson:
“I’m sorry I let everybody down. I’m fighting just to pay my bills. I don’t have the stomach for this anymore… I don’t have the desire for it. I feel bad for the people … I wish they could get their money back.”
- Mike Tyson speaking not only about the realities of a career in boxing, but with life itself.
Mike Tyson, Life
“These pigeons have been living with each other for 10 or 15 years, but when I throw feed down, they kill each other to get it, and it’s the same with the fighters. We love and respect each other…but we need that money.”
- Every living thing can coexist with each other, but to survive, we must always compete with each other. This is a harsh but all too real truth according to Mike Tyson.
Mike Tyson, Life
“If they don’t have that extreme addict personality, you can never understand how a guy can blow 300 or 400 million dollars. If I have to live at the top of the world, I also have to live at the bottom of the ocean. I don’t know how to live in the middle of life.”
- Mike Tyson expressing his views on lifestyle and money: He would never be content living a normal middle class life.
Mike Tyson, Life, Wealth
“Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.”
- A dose of the reality of life and ambitions courtesy of from Mike Tyson.
Mike Tyson, Goals
“My main objective in the fight is to be a professional but to kill him.”
- Mike Tyson trying to frighten his opponent and also to stir controversy.
Mike Tyson, Goals
“I was gonna rip his heart out. I’m the best ever. I’m the most brutal and vicious, the most ruthless champion there has ever been. No one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No! He’s no Alexander! I’m Alexander! I’m the best ever. I’m Sonny Liston. I’m Jack Dempsey. There’s never been anyone like me. I’m from their cloth. There is no one who can match me. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I’m just ferocious. I want his heart! I want to eat his children! Praise be to Allah!”
- Mike Tyson boasting controversially about his prowess and his faith, demonstrating that real actions and faith can be at odds at times.
Mike Tyson, Goals, Belief
“I don’t know, man, I guess I’m gonna fade into Bolivian.”
- Misspelling his words, Mike Tyson contemplates the end of his career and his passing to "oblivion". Every celebrity feels the same way towards the end of their career.
Mike Tyson, Success
“One morning I woke up and found my favorite pigeon, Julius, had died. I was devastated and was gonna use his crate as my stickball bat to honor him. I left the crate on my stoop and went in to get something and I returned to see the sanitation man put the crate into the crusher. I rushed him and caught him flush on the temple with a titanic right hand and he was out cold, convulsing on the floor.”
- Mike Tyson being an example of how grief can turn a person violent.
Mike Tyson, Anger and Fighting
“I wish one of you guys had children, so I could kick them in their fucking head or stomp on their testicles so you could feel my pain, because that’s the pain I have waking up every day.”
- In expressing his anger, Mike Tyson likes to threaten violence on people and their loved ones.
Mike Tyson, Anger and Fighting
“My power is discombobulating devastating. I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It’s ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.”
- Boasting about his strength and process, Mike Tyson personifies human strength and power.
Mike Tyson, Strength, Power
“These books ain’t window dressing. I think Machiavelli’s the most sophisticated writer outside of Shakespeare. Way ahead of his time. Such a manipulative person. Everything he accomplished he did by kissin’ ass.”
- A piece of wisdom from literature as imparted by Mike Tyson.
Mike Tyson, Intelligence/Wisdom
“I may like, fornicate more than other people, it’s just who I am. I sacrifice so much of my life, can I at least get laid, you know what I mean? I’ve been robbed of most of my money, can I at least get a blow job?”
- Mike Tyson expressing his appetite for sex.