Michael Gerard "Mike" Tyson (likewise called Malik Abdul Aziz) is a previous professional boxer and also world Heavyweight. He was the initial heavy development boxer who held WBA, WBC as well as IBF titles at the same time, and also was at completion of the 1980s, the globe's ideal fighter.
Tyson debuted properly in 1985 and received his very first title the following year after beating Trevor Berbick. In 1990, Tyson shed the title to James "Buster" Douglas, as well as after 3 years behind bars from 1992 to 1995 because of a voldtektsdom went promptly down with his profession. After 2 losses to Evander Holyfield in 1996 as well as 1997 made Tyson a final effort to win a belt in 2002, but fell short to defeat Lennox Lewis. Tyson retired as a specialist fighter in 2006. He had combated 58 suits, of which he won 50 44 of these were knock-out.
Our collection contains 52 quotes who is written / told by Mike, under the main topic Sports.
"As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want"
"I'll go back and take what the people owe me"
"I just want to conquer people and their souls"
"I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds"
"Sometimes I put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters"
"The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character"
"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"
"I just want to be humble at all times"
"I just look around and say, I'm a mess. I don't know why I do things"
"I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day"
"I have the same malice in my heart as far as the fight game is concerned, but outside the ring, I won't say anything a dignified man won't say"
"I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society"
"I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I'll never be part of society the way I should"
"I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one"
"I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them"
"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"
"That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up"
"I'm a Muslim, but I think Jesus would have a drink with me. He would be cool. He would talk to me"
"I did my time for the rape. I paid my money to Las Vegas. I paid my dues"
"I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm"
"I can inspire people on how to use money, how to get economically powerful"
"I ain't the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off"
"God lets everything happen for a reason. It's all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another"
"Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth"
"Everybody's got plans... until they get hit"
"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"
"Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It's all lies. I have never laid a finger on her"
"Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle"
"You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative"
"You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat"
"When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it"
"When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again"
"When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff"
"Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used"
"One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight"
"My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person"
"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"
"It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading"
"If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?"
"I've lived places these guys can't defecate in"
"I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register"
"I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right"
"I'm not Mother Teresa, but I'm not Charles Manson, either"
"I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children"
"I try to catch them right on the tip of his nose, because I try to punch the bone into the brain"
"I think the average person thinks I'm a nut and I deserve whatever happens to me"
"I think I'll take a bath in his blood"
"I love to hit people. I love to"
"I know why they don't like me because they want the money I have"
"I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future"
