I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down. Mike Tyson More Quotes by Mike Tyson More Quotes From Mike Tyson The one thing I know, everyone respects the true person and everyone's not true with themselves. All of these people who are heroes, these guys who have been lily white and clean all their lives, if they went through what I went through, they would commit suicide. They don't have the heart that I have. I've lived places they can't defecate in. Mike Tyson suicideheroheart You have to have a bunch of dimensions [of yourself]. You have to be able to adapt in this world. You can't be a nice guy living in a world of savages. Mike Tyson savagesguynice There'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 Tyson wantdoorspast Anger is my biggest enemy in life. Mike Tyson enemy Whatever you want, especially when you’re striving to be the best in the world at something, there’ll always be disappointments, and you can’t be emotionally tied to them, cos’ they’ll break your spirit. Mike Tyson motivationdisappointmentfear My objective was to hurt the other fighters. I wanted to hurt them. I wanted to be merciless. Man, I was a wild thing. It's kind of a drug, a rush. Mike Tyson drughurtmen When I'm on stage, I'm not me playing me. I'm somebody else doing me. I could never go on stage and be like, "Hey, I'm Mike Tyson. My mother and father was in the sex industry." That's the politically correct way to say it, but I would really say, "My mother and father were pimps and whores. This is my life." I could never do that as Mike Tyson. Because I'd feel sorry for myself. But if I could be objective about it and be somebody else, portraying Mike Tyson, saying this story, then it's easy sailing. Mike Tyson mothersorrysex 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 he was out cold, convulsing on the floor like an infantile retard. Mike Tyson morningmenhands Without discipline, no matter how good you are, you are nothing! One day, and I might not be around; you're going to meet a tough guy who takes your best shot. He'll keep coming because he's tough. Don't get discouraged. That's when the discipline comes in. Mike Tyson disciplineone-dayguy If Mike Tyson is in your courtroom and you don't send him to jail, it's an injustice. Everyone knows he's a bad guy. So if he is in your courtroom, he should go to jail. Mike Tyson injusticejailguy There are not many regrets that I have. There are a few things that I wish I'd changed in my life, but they are not so dramatic that I'd go out of my way to change them. But I go back and think about my life so far periodically in my head. Mike Tyson regretwishthinking There's nothing wrong with making mistakes, just don't make the same ones. We don't want to duplicate them. Mike Tyson making-mistakeswantmistake My father was a pimp before he became a deacon or something. These people know how to handle women. I'm the worst guy in the world with women. They run circles around me. Mike Tyson circlesrunningfather This is my career. I have children to raise. I have to retaliate. Evander Holyfield butted me. Look at me. My kids will be scared of me. Mike Tyson careerskidschildren I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register. Mike Tyson cashsportsbelieve I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one. Mike Tyson motivationfearpeople I just want to conquer people and their souls. Mike Tyson crazysportspeople I'm going to gut you like a fish. Mike Tyson fishingsealakes If my children will live a better life than I did by my getting brain damage, by my being brain dead, then let it be. Mike Tyson damagebrainchildren Being a champion opens lots of doors—I'd like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance. Mike Tyson championrealdoors
