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Boxing Quotes by Mike Tyson

90 Boxing quotes by Mike Tyson

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Mike Tyson says he loves to hit people. He also talks about being a regular kid from the ghetto who wants to do something positive and protect his children, even if it means fighting hard. He admits he can be a nut case and sometimes thinks about hurting opponents in the first round.

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I'm on the Zoloft to keep from killing y'all.

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

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I'm a nut case, but that is what I believe.

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The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.

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I'm going to gut you like a fish.

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He was crying in there, making woman gestures.

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I sacrifice so much of my life, can I at least get laid?

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He was screaming like my wife.

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I was hittin' him with body punches and I hurt him. Actually he was cryin' in there, makin' woman gestures like

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For this fight my blood, my soul, everything was on the line.

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Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. Then, like a rat, they stop in fear and freeze.

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I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down.

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I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.

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

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I tried to stay away from King. You can't do it. It's like staying away from taxes. Sooner or later, he'll get…

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My power is discombobulatingly devastating. It's ludricrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.

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I was in handcuffs. I was under arrest. I remember there was this old lady looking at me, and I could tell…

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These books ain't window dressing. I think Machiavelli's the most sophisticated writer outside of Shakespeare. Way ahead of his time. Such a…

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I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant…

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People say 'Poor guy.' That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. 'Poor guy,' like I'm…

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I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this…

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My life's not tragic at all. How many guys do you know who are bankrupt and just bought a $3 million house…

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What really amazed me was when I sent a suit out for cleaning, forgetting that $700 was in the pocket. They sent…

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This is my career. I have children to raise. I have to retaliate. Evander Holyfield butted me. Look at me. My kids…

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I earned that the strong will always beat the weak, but the smart will beat the strong. Boxing is a tough guy…

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I hope I can improve. I'm far from perfect. Sometimes, I wonder what would happen if I fought myself. I think it…

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I've been a prima-dona. I was taken care of since I was 13. That's why I am the way I am today.…

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This is a weird feeling in my life I have to deal with, not being a violent man anymore when my whole…

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Every punch I threw with bad intentions to a vital area...I aimed for his ear...I wanted to bust his eardrum...Every punch had…

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I just don't have the desire no more, I don't have the stomach to do it no more. I don't even kill…

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I don't know that person anymore, that guy in '86, '87. I don't know that guy no more. I don't have no…

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Everyone in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter. He's the only one that's on Skid Row most of the…

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I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, the most ruthless champion there has ever been. No one can stop…

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Cus was my father but he was more than a father. You can have a father and what does it mean?—it doesn't…

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I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, and most ruthless champion there's ever been. There's no one can stop…

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When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it.

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I love to hit people. I love to.

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

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That's all they said was wrong with me?

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If he's not dead, it doesn't count.

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I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.

Greatness is not guarding yourself from people. Greatness is being accepted by the people

At one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. Life is totally about losing everything.

Being in the ring became my reality, and, in my reality, I'd think I was someone special.

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…

Yes, time flies. And where did it leave you? Old too soon...smart too late.

My career has been over since 1990.

I love to hit people. I love to.

I never wanted to do anything else but fight, when I was a kid. I never had any broader perspective of my own perspective.…

I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.

“Mike tyson made a prolific quote that I will never forget. It came when he was being interviewed by a reporter about another boxers…

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

Tupac Shakur always wanted me to smoke weed with him, and I never did it, and I wish I did...That's my biggest regret.

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

You need to learn independence. You have to be independent - it builds character.