Mike Tyson Quotes

American boxer and media personality (born 1966)

"Iron" Mike Tyson (born June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York) is a former American heavyweight boxing champion.

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Alternative Names: Michael Tyson • Iron Mike Tyson • Malik Abdul Aziz • Malik Abdul Azeez • The Baddest Man on the Planet • Baddest Man on the Planet • M. Tyson • M.Tyson • Mike G. Tyson • Michael Gerard Tyson • Iron Mike

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Burning cocaine is the worst smell in the world. It smells like burning plastic and rat poison combined. A friend of mine once told me, that when you want to know something about anything, put some fire under it. The fire brings out everything. You want to know something about a motherfucker? Put some fire under his ass. Well, when you put some fire under that cocaine, you know what it's made out of.

I was a titan, the reincarnation of Alexander the Great. My style was impetuous, my defenses were impregnable, and I was ferocious.

"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.

The way that you direct your imagination is by repeating a simple affirmation. “‘EVERY DAY, IN EVERY WAY, I AM GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.’ This

Cus talked with such enthusiasm because enthusiasm is contagious and people will do things when they get enthused.

"There are animals disguised as human beings out here, you are not sophisticated enough to decipher the two."
Cus D'Amato

I had been reading Nietzsche and thought I was a Superman. I could barely spell my name but I was a Superman.

What if I failed and lost? I had been in a million fights on the streets

Because doing something you hate to do like you love it is good conditioning for someone aspiring towards greatness.

Some students would make fun of me, but nobody fucked with me.

As long as I am breathing, your legacy will continue to live on.

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

But, sir, please let me finish this round and go one more round. That’s what we normally do,” I pleaded. I wanted to impress Cus. I guess I had. When we got out of the ring, Cus’s first words to Bobby were, “That’s the heavyweight champion of the world.

If you don’t have the spiritual warrior in you, you’ll never be a fighter.

You think you know the difference between a hero and a coward, Mike? Well, there is no difference between a hero and a coward in what they feel. It’s what they do that makes them different. The hero and the coward feel exactly the same but you have to have the discipline to do what a hero does and to keep yourself from doing what the coward does. “Your mind is not your friend, Mike. I hope you know that. You have to fight with your mind, control it, put it in its place. You have to control your emotions. Fatigue in the ring is ninety percent psychological. It’s just the excuse of a man who wants to quit.