Top 100 Quotes About Mike Tyson: Famous Quotes & Sayings About Mike Tyson

#1. An intruder broke into Mike Tyson's hotel room in Las Vegas while he was sleeping but got out before Tyson could get to him. I don't know what's scarier. Having someone breaking into your room while you're sleeping or breaking into someone else's room and finding out the guy is Mike Tyson.

Jay Leno

#2. The best thing about the Kentucky Derby is that it is only two minutes long. It is the quickest event in sports, except for Sumo-wrestling & Mike Tyson fights. Maybe Drag-racing is quicker, but I have never been attracted to it.

Hunter S. Thompson

#3. Boxing great Mike Tyson said "a happy fighter is a dangerous fighter." I think he's right.

Ronda Rousey

#4. When it gets to the part in life where you're more afraid of what your wife is going to do to you than if you box, say, Mike Tyson, you've got to get a new profession. You don't get to be a family. I know why boxers never quit, some of them. They don't have wives.

George Foreman

#5. Mike Tyson has been given ever penny he has coming.

Don King

#6. It is incredibly difficult to adjust to such a little fighter. Mormeck is similar to Mike Tyson, he is just a little still faster.

Wladimir Klitschko

#7. I can't change myself. I'm Mike Tyson. I'm a regular kid from the getto striving to do something positive with myself. I happen to fight well.

Mike Tyson

#8. There are still a lot of Mike Tyson fans out there, and a lot of disbelievers in the first fight, and they want to see us fight again. I am the emperor. If he wants to fight, I am here. If he does not, I understand.

Lennox Lewis

#9. 'Iron' Mike Tyson is the last boxer who was truly embraced by the media. They followed him around. You didn't know what he was going to do next: bite you, cut you, fight you. When you think about it, that defines him - it was an exciting adventure.

George Foreman

#10. Mike Tyson, what can I say about you that hasn't already been the title of a Richard Pryor album?

Anthony Jeselnik

#11. Mike Tyson was one of the most terrific athletes I've ever met.

Don King

#12. I'm much more interested in Mike Tyson than I am in Morrissey.

Ian Astbury

#13. I come from where Mike Tyson came from. I come from right across the street from Jay-Z. I didn't have a pond in my backyard. I saw violence.

Tracy Morgan

#14. And then he [Mike Tyson] will have only channel vision.

Frank Bruno

#15. I haven't seen someone so overmatched since Mike Tyson tried to recite the alphabet.

Dennis Miller

#16. The ultimate date for me would be with someone fantastic, fun and great - and we'd go to the Lennox Lewis/Mike Tyson fight.

Meg Ryan

#17. March 16th, Mike Tyson [vs.] Razor Ruddock, Razor Ruddock dies. If he doesn't die, it doesn't count. If he's not dead, it doesn't count.

Mike Tyson

#18. During a charity boxing match on Friday, Mitt Romney lasted two rounds against Evander Holyfield and raised a million dollars. It was just like Holyfield's fight with Mike Tyson, except Romney chewed off his other ear talking about his 18 grandchildren.

Jimmy Fallon

#19. Democrats' desperate attempt to focus on campaign finance reform instead of laws that may have been broken by the Clinton-Gore campaign is like Mike Tyson demanding a reform in boxing regulations after biting off a piece of Evander Holyfield's ear.

Cal Thomas

#20. Nothing is going to stop Mike Tyson that doesn't have a motor attached.

David Brenner

#21. I am definitely not scared of Mike Tyson. I am at the top of the food chain and he is looking to knock me off. Mike's an arrogant imbecile. He sounds like a cartoon character.

Lennox Lewis

#22. I don't fight like Mike Tyson. I'm nothing at all like Mike Tyson. I'm out to build my own legacy and not live off anyone else's name.

Tyson Fury

#23. If I was fighting myself, I always say that I would kill Mike Tyson but then again I don't know how hard a punch Mike Tyson can take and I don't know how hard Mike Tyson's punch is. I don't know. For me looking at me, I think I can beat me.

Mike Tyson

#24. I got my very last tattoo after my father died. I'm not getting anymore; otherwise I'll end up like Mike Tyson with a tattoo on my face.

Seann William Scott

#25. Mike Tyson is the most complex person I've ever met in my life. I've known Mike since 1986. We're both from Brooklyn. I didn't know him growing up, but once he became heavyweight champion, I knew him then.

Spike Lee

#26. I remember having a Mike Tyson T-shirt back in the day that I used to sleep in. And there some things that Tyson did along the way that I wasn't too psyched to associate myself with. But back in the day, just as a fighter, what a dream that was to watch and root for him.

Eliza Dushku

#27. Mike Tyson's a great boxer. The greatest boxer - but boxer. Not the best fighter.

Royce Gracie

#28. Although there's been a fighter before me called Mike Tyson, I'm my own Tyson. I'm Tyson Fury. I ain't trying to be anybody else.

Tyson Fury

#29. I'm not a fighter, but I would love to be a boxer because I love the courage and toughness. I mean, there can be nothing more terrifying than walking into an arena and looking at Mike Tyson in the ring.

Mark McGrath

#30. I beat Larry Holmes and George Foreman. I whupped Mike Tyson twice. I had my ear chewed off and spat on the ground in front of me. I've seen everything it is possible to see in boxing. I know this business better than anyone. So I live and die by my own decisions.

Evander Holyfield

#31. The sport needs a personality, not a fighter. We've got plenty of great fighters in the sport, but no personalities. No one is standing for anything. The last personality we had was Mike Tyson. He stood for something. It wasn't much, but he stood for something.

George Foreman

#32. I was a huge Mike Tyson fan growing up; his fights were always on in my house.

J. Cole

#33. 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

#34. Ever since Mike Tyson was champ, twenty-something dudes have microwaved nachos, popped opened Natty Lights, watched sharks do unspeakable things on TV, and whispered a billion 'Whoa, dudes.'

Stephen Rodrick

#35. If Mike Tyson was the voice of your GPS, would you ever not use it?

Artie Lange

#36. What I know about Mike Tyson, I see in the boxing ring. As far as all of the gossip stuff that I hear about him, I know first hand to take that with a grain of salt.

Gerald McRaney

#37. My dad calls me 'Mac' a lot, from 'Mike Tyson's Punch Out' - Little Mac is the main character. I was obsessed. I can still beat Mike Tyson on 'Punch Out.'

Mayer Hawthorne

#38. Maori, Te'mutunga'ke'mai'o'te'rori'o'te'tangata
That uncontrollable laughter that causes milk to shoot through a Maori's nose when he sees a picture of Mike Tyson's face tattoo. Literally, 'What a fucking loser'.

Beryl Dov

#39. Howard Dean is narrowing the field of potential running mates. It's down to Mike Tyson or Bobby Knight.

Craig Kilborn

#40. The fact is that Mike Tyson bit through my trousers and took a significant piece of flesh out of my thigh.

Lennox Lewis

#41. Some people who love boxing might love Mike Tyson, but people outside of the sport are generally repulsed by him and therefore, repulsed by the sport.

Dick Schaap

#42. I mean, it's not just the rappers, you know what i'm saying? People want to attack anybody that's a large figure, you know what I'm saying? They did it to [Michael] Jordan, they did it to [Mike] Tyson, they did it to Bill Cosby, you know what I'm saying? They're gonna' attack you if you on top.

The Notorious B.I.G.

#43. Mike Tyson has been given every penny he has coming.

Don King

#44. Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.

Larry Holmes

#45. and groaned. And Tate, saint that he is, just sighed and helped Rachel stand up, wrapping an arm around her waist to keep her steady as their sad little group moved towards the exit. "Okay Mike Tyson, let's go." He turned to Casey

Karla Sorensen

#46. I'd see people being really successful, whether it was my teammates or big-name fighters like Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson, and I'd think, 'I want to be a legend like that.'

Holly Holm

#47. I knew I'd conquered America when Mike Tyson told me I was one mean lady.

Anne Robinson

#48. Mike tyson made a prolific quote that I will never forget. It came when he was being interviewed by a reporter about another boxers plan for an upcoming fight... Mike said, "Everyone has a plan until you get hit in the face.

Mike Tyson

#49. Every morning I wake up in a home where Mike Tyson previously laid in the bed and he earned over $500 million his career. It makes me conscious.

Curtis Jackson

#50. Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.

Mike Tyson

#51. Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.

Mike Tyson

#52. When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.

Mike Tyson

#53. I haven't been with a woman in nine months.

Mike Tyson

#54. 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.

Mike Tyson

#55. I think I'll take a bath in his blood.

Mike Tyson

#56. I'll fight anybody my trainer puts me in with because I'm confident I can beat any fighter in the world. If anybody can see I'm almost a master at evading punches coming at me.

Mike Tyson

#57. Common sense is so very simple but very difficult to grasp.

Mike Tyson

#58. Fear is your best friend or your worst enemy. It's like fire. If you can control it, it can cook for you; it can heat your house. If you can't control it, it will burn everything around you and destroy you. If you can control your fear, it makes you more alert, like a deer coming across the lawn.

Mike Tyson

#59. MIKE WOULD LIKE TO THANK: Cus D'Amato, my mentor, friend, and general. Because of you, my life has reached heights I could never have imagined. Without you, I don't know where I would be today. My gratitude to you is immeasurable.

Mike Tyson

#60. I want to throw down your kid and stomp on his testicles, and then you will know what it is like to experience waking up everyday as me. And only then will you feel my pain.

Mike Tyson

#61. Not to be egotistical, but I don't think there is a man on this planet who can beat me

Mike Tyson

#62. They called me a 'rapist' and a 'recluse.' I'm not a recluse.

Mike Tyson

#63. It's good to be successful and have financial status but if you're only gonna live for the money, you're only gonna reach a certain status and I'm in there for greatness and peace of mind.

Mike Tyson

#64. I'm not Mother Teresa, but I'm not Charles Manson, either.

Mike Tyson

#65. That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up.

Mike Tyson

#66. I was an emotional manipulator of fighters ... You have to know how to be cold, you know? Just have no -emotions, no feelings. It takes time, though, to develop that. I'd been working on that since I was 12 years old. It doesn't happen overnight.

Mike Tyson

#67. Being a champion opens lots of doors - I'd like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance.

Mike Tyson

#68. Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him.

Mike Tyson

#69. Nietzsche's my favorite. He's just insane.

Mike Tyson

#70. I'm not a Republican, but I have some conservative views on certain things. I'm not a Democrat, either. It's just very difficult that these people hate each other over a belief. I think it all comes down to ego and competitiveness.

Mike Tyson

#71. It's nothing personal, but I'm going to kill this guy

Mike Tyson

#72. I am not a role model.

Mike Tyson

#73. Everybody wants to be somebody. Everybody wants to be noticed. Everybody wants to be somebody important. Importance is just treating people good. That's important.

Mike Tyson

#74. I had to persevere because this was my life. This championship, this was the stuff I dreamt of all my life, and I wasn't gonna be denied.

Mike Tyson

#75. 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

#76. I'am not predictor of fights, but I know when I hit 'em good, the fight is close to an end

Mike Tyson

#77. My power is discombobulatingly devastating.

Mike Tyson

#78. That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke.

Mike Tyson

#79. 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

#80. I want someone to attack me. No weapons. Just me and him. I like to beat men and beat them bad

Mike Tyson

#81. 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

#82. I have to always make sure I don't stay in one place and spend too much time one subject. I have my wife tell me [through an earpiece], "Come back! You're taking too long on that subject." I need to be reeled in.

Mike Tyson

#83. Treat the world the way you want to be treated.

Mike Tyson

#84. My main objective is to be professional but to kill him.

Mike Tyson

#85. I'm a vegan. I lost 150 pounds because of being a vegan.

Mike Tyson

#86. If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?

Mike Tyson

#87. I'm just a sucker even talking to you guys. I should be ready to rip your heads off your necks. But it's just not the right thing to do

Mike Tyson

#88. One of my friends once saw another guy's (criminal) record and said, 'Look, this guy is a born troublemaker, just a loser.' I had to tell him, 'No, that's my record-and it doesn't include my juvenile history.

Mike Tyson

#89. One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight.

Mike Tyson

#90. I never think of physical fighting. It's always spiritual. Fighting is spiritual.

Mike Tyson

#91. I could never stop drugs, I could never stop drinking, until I received my spiritual awakening.

Mike Tyson

#92. I want your heart, I want to eat your children.

Mike Tyson

#93. There's nothing like being young, and happy, and fighting.

Mike Tyson

#94. I don't know, man, I guess I'm gonna fade into Bolivian.

Mike Tyson

#95. 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