Treat the world the way you want to be treated. Mike Tyson More Quotes by Mike Tyson More Quotes From Mike Tyson He didn't have no respect as a professional fighter should, no class. I was going to make him pay with his health for everything he said... I wanted to do it very slowly. I wanted him to remember this for a long time. Mike Tyson boxingclasslong I'm a good friend, but I'm a hell of an enemy. As your enemy, I want your demise. When I feel that in my heart it burns till I die. Mike Tyson good-friendboxingheart When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again. Mike Tyson crazymenjesus I was blessed with speed and a good punch. Everybody thinks I'm the hardest puncher ever. But I just think I was really fast, and my punches got to the target faster. That's what made my knockouts always seem spectacular. Mike Tyson targetblessedthinking Everyone in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter. He's the only one that's on Skid Row most of the time; he's the only one that everybody just leaves when he loses his mind. He sometimes goes insane, he sometimes goes on the bottle, because it's an intensive pressure sport that allows people to just lose it. Mike Tyson boxingsportspeople I'm gonna make sure you talk about me, and your grandkids and kids after that gonna know about me...your great grandkids will say "wow, wasn't that a bizarre individual?" Mike Tyson motivationfearkids My intentions were not to fascinate the world with my personality. Mike Tyson intentionpersonalityworld My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It's ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm. Mike Tyson realmsboxingmotivational I felt the same fear in my first fight as I did in my last fight. It never goes away. Mike Tyson lastsfightingfirsts Box gap is not a thing. If you need to back up to a mirror and bend over to find out how you look, you are playing to the wrong audience. Mike Tyson mirrorslooksneeds I earned that the strong will always beat the weak, but the smart will beat the strong. Boxing is a tough guy sport. But in the end, the tough guy gets to clean the streets and be a bodyguard. In the ring, the tough guy is going to get hurt; at the end of the day, he's going to talk funny. Only the smartest win. So, I know it's cliché, but power - real power - comes from knowledge, comes from smarts. Mike Tyson stronghurtsports I was hittin' him with body punches and I hurt him. Actually he was cryin' in there, makin' woman gestures like Mike Tyson boxingbodyhurt 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 divorcecuttingsleep Five heads are definitely better than one when they'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. Mike Tyson perspectivepeoplethinking At times, I come across as crude or crass, that irritates you when I come across like a Neanderthal or a babbling idiot at times. But I like to be that person. I like to show you all that person because that's who you come to see. Mike Tyson neanderthalscrassidiot Fighters are never who they appear to be Mike Tyson fighter If you can't remember the small things, how are you going to remember the big things? The mind is a real dangerous neighborhood to travel by ourselves. Mike Tyson realmindremember Discipline makes hard men. Every hard man is capable of being a killer. But every killer is not capable of being a hard man. They can't endure that much. It's all about the endurance. That's why they become killers. Because they can't endure the pain. They need to kill the pain to stop it. Mike Tyson disciplinepainmen It's unnatural to fight somebody who has nothing against you and never did anything to you or to your family, who never stole anything from you. And now you've got to go and try to dismantle this guy. Mike Tyson guyfightingtrying You have to be a friend to yourself. You know, 'cause if you're not a friend to yourself, you're an enemy to yourself and if someone's a friend of everybody they are an enemy to themselves. Mike Tyson causesifsenemy
