Mike Tyson Boxing Quotations

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

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

I ain't the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off.

I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.

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

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

I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.

I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right.

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

I love to hit people. I love to.

I can inspire people on how to use money, how to get economically powerful.

The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.

I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.'

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

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.

I'll never be happy. I believe I'll die alone. I would want it that way. I've been a loner all my life with my secrets and my pain. I'm really lost, but I'm trying to find myself. I'm really a sad, pathetic case. My whole life has been a waste. I've been a failure. I just want to escape.

I'm addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.

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

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

I just love to fight. I like to hurt people. I haven't lost that. I didn't lose it when I first got a bit of wealth and I haven't lost it now. The nature of my business is to hurt people.

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

When you're a great finisher, you'll become popular. Joe Louis was a great finisher.

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

He was crying in there, making woman gestures.

How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry.

[Cus D'Amato] told me, 'You're the type of guy who has to be hurt to learn.' I'm pissed off today because he was right about everything

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

A man that is a friend to everyone is an enemy to himself.

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

What really amazed me was when I sent a suit out for cleaning, forgetting that $700 was in the pocket. They sent the suit back to me. If that happened in New York, both money and suit would be gone.

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

Glen Rice is a wonderful man. He's a wonderful guy, but you want her to be with somebody like [Dennis] Rodman getting up in there. Pushing her guts up into the back of her head

I don't want to be grotesque, but when you're 330 pounds, it's hard to wipe your ass. You know?

That's all they said was wrong with me?

I could have knocked him out in the 3rd round but I wanted to do it slowly, So he would remember this night for a long time.

I just want them to keep bringing guys on and I'am going to strip them of their health. I bring pain a lot of pain

There's no way I would want to hurt him or bust him up. That's why, for the sake of the family as well as himself, I will take him out in the opening round.

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

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 bad intentions...My record will last for immortality, It'll never be broken...I want to live forever...I refuse to lose...I would have to be carried out dead to lose...I was coming to destroy and win the Heavyweight Championship of the World, which I done.

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

I was in handcuffs. I was under arrest. I remember there was this old lady looking at me, and I could tell she felt real sorry for me, and she did'nt know but all I wanted to do was take her purse.

I'm just happy I'm not a phoney.

King has big offices, houses, and he pays his fighters a lot of money. An, because he's black, the FBI figures he must be doing something crooked.

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.

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 you.

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

My power is discombobulatingly devastating.

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 affinity for that guy no more. I have no affinity for the guy who said, 'I am the greatest fighter God produced.' I have no affinity for the guy who said he would try to push his [opponent's] nose bone up into his brain. I just don't know that guy. I don't know who he is. I don't know where he came from. I don't have no kind of connection with him no more

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

I didn't know how to be any other way. I felt like one of those barbarian kings just coming to conquer the Roman Empire

Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.

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.

Sued King for $100 million, alleging the boxing promoter cheated him out of millions over more than a decade. It was settled out of court for $14 million.

Boxing brought me money and fame, but it never brought me no happiness.

I'm just trying to change my life because I'm not above killing any drug dealer for money

Don't be surprised if I behave like a savage. I am a savage

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

My life's not tragic at all. How many guys do you know who are bankrupt and just bought a $3 million house and are getting ready to get $6 million more?

I can sell out Madison Square Garden masturbating

I felt Holyfield was using his head illegally. I told the referee I wasn't getting any help, so I went back to the streets. I cannot defend it, but it happened.

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

I just did what I did in my era, basically because of my admiration for the guys who came before me. That's how I've always looked at it. I never thought of boxing like, I'm going to be the greatest fighter ever and make a lot of money. Instead, I thought I was going to win because I learned from the best. I carefully studied the videotapes of all the fighters from the past, dissected their styles, and entered the ring with their spirit.