I felt Holyfield was using his head illegally. I told the referee I wasn't getting any help, so I went back to the streets. I cannot defend it, but it happened. Mike Tyson More Quotes by Mike Tyson More Quotes From Mike Tyson If you have a lawyer, sometimes you can get out of trouble. I've gotten into a lot of trouble because I didn't have a lawyer. I've also had some bad lawyers, too. But the good ones, the ones I liked, they became me. They became whatever situation I was involved in. When I felt pain, so did they. When I succeeded, so did they. They became me. They became whatever the situation was that they became involved with. Mike Tyson lawyer pain sometimes 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 motivation ocean fear I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society. Mike Tyson this-society feels sometimes Some people are faster than others; I'm just figuring it out later, that's all. I'm getting smart too late and old too soon. Mike Tyson smart too-late people On stage it's just a wild setting - we have a big screen - hecklers, I'm fighting. It's entertainment, but I want to pierce [the audience's] souls and have them think about what I have to say. Mike Tyson fighting soul thinking I don't want anyone to have to interview me. I wish I didn't have to talk too much about myself. Mike Tyson too-much wish want I didn't come from a household where my mother dragged me outside and said, "You'd better fight." My mother wouldn't let me fight. I was not an aggressive kid. Mike Tyson fighting mother kids I just did what I did in my era, basically because of my admiration for the guys who came before me. That's how I've always looked at it. I never thought of boxing like, I'm going to be the greatest fighter ever and make a lot of money. Instead, I thought I was going to win because I learned from the best. I carefully studied the videotapes of all the fighters from the past, dissected their styles, and entered the ring with their spirit. Mike Tyson boxing winning past I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too. Mike Tyson forbidden-love boxing sports I could never stop drugs, I could never stop drinking, until I received my spiritual awakening. Mike Tyson drug spiritual drinking People look at me as some bruiser, but I want to entertain people. I want people to applaud. I want to be the cause of people being happy, their emotions changing, to tell me I did a good performance. Mike Tyson causes people looks Cus was my father but he was more than a father. You can have a father and what does it mean?—it doesn't really mean anything. Cus was my backbone . . . . He did everything for my best interest . . . . We'd spend all our time together, talk about things that, later on, would come back to me. Like about character, and courage. Like the hero and the coward: that the hero and the coward both feel the same thing, but the hero uses his fear, projects it onto his opponent, while the coward runs. It's the same thing, fear, but it's what you do with it that matters. Mike Tyson hero running father You're sweet. I'm going to make sure you kiss me good with those big lips. I'm gonna make you my girlfriend. Mike Tyson girlfriend crazy sweet I think the reality of prison is you don't get anything unless you want it in there. Whatever happens to you in prison, this is what you asked for. Nothing happens to you if you don't give that vibe. Mike Tyson motivation fear reality I don't react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don't care about anything. It's just too hard for me to get emotional. I can't cry no more. Mike Tyson emotional kids thinking I don't want to be remembered. As long as my kids remember me, I'd rather be forgotten by everybody else. Mike Tyson want long kids I love acting. I love stage work, more than anything. It's just live. It's right there in front of you. If you make a mistake, they know it and you know it. I won't do anything where I feel like I'm just making a fool out of myself. By doing that, I'm able to rise to my highest potential. Mike Tyson able acting mistake We're all going to have tests in our life... We never know when that test comes, but we know we have to be prepared for it. We're all going to be tested. The dark energy is going to knock on all of our doors. Mike Tyson mma dark doors I never think of physical fighting. It's always spiritual. Fighting is spiritual. Mike Tyson fighting spiritual thinking Quayle said the worst thing that happened to him was that he never trusted his own judgment. I said from now on I am going to go with my own judgment. Mike Tyson judgment said sports
