Quotes

“Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.” Mike Tyson

“I ain't the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off.” Mike Tyson

“I'm a Muslim, but I think Jesus would have a drink with me. He would be cool. He would talk to me.” Mike Tyson

“You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.” Mike Tyson

“Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.” Mike Tyson

“Sometimes I put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters.” Mike Tyson

“I just want to be humble at all times.” Mike Tyson

“I'm not Mother Teresa, but I'm not Charles Manson, either.” Mike Tyson

“Anyone 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 Tyson

“I try to catch them right on the tip of his nose, because I try to punch the bone into the brain.” Mike Tyson

“I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.” Mike Tyson

“It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.” Mike Tyson

“I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.” Mike Tyson

“If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?” Mike Tyson

“You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative.” Mike Tyson

“Every time there's a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing. I'm a historian, and that freaks me out.” Mike Tyson

“My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.” Mike Tyson

“When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.” Mike Tyson

“I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right.” Mike Tyson

“I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I'll never be part of society the way I should.” Mike Tyson

“People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.” Mike Tyson

“I'm just happy I'm not a phony.” Mike Tyson

“Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.” Mike Tyson

“I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.” Mike Tyson

“The only thing I do is just pray for inspiration, for a way of thinking, because I don't have any particular goal in sight.” Mike Tyson

“I've lived places these guys can't defecate in.” Mike Tyson

“I can inspire people on how to use money, how to get economically powerful.” Mike Tyson

“I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.” Mike Tyson

“I think the average person thinks I'm a nut and I deserve whatever happens to me.” Mike Tyson

“I'm a nut case, but that is what I believe.” Mike Tyson