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A professional boxing legend. Mike Tyson competed in boxing between 1985 and 2005. He regained as an undisputed heavyweight champion and has the record for being the youngest boxer to win a heavyweight title at the age of twenty. In the 58 boxing matches that he took place in, he won 50 times. With only 6 losses and 2 no contests. Tyson has lived a life that no one else could possibly come close to. He has a lot to say and some great message to share.
Mike Tyson Quotes:
- “I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It’s ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.” – Mike Tyson
- “Everyone that you fight is not your enemy and everyone who helps you is not your friend.” – Mike Tyson
- “Man is not mean to be humble, he’s meant to be humbled.” – Mike Tyson
- “As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.” – Mike Tyson
- “My style was impetuous, my defenses were impregnable, and I was ferocious.” – Mike Tyson
- “A man who was friendly with everyone was an enemy to himself.” – Mike Tyson
- “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.” – Mike Tyson
- “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.” – Mike Tyson
- “I’m in trouble because I’m normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don’t like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself.” – Mike Tyson
- “One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight.” – Mike Tyson
- “I’m a historian, and that freaks me out.” – Mike Tyson
- “The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.” – Mike Tyson
- “The only thing I do is just pray for inspiration, for a way of thinking, because I don’t have any particular goal in sight.” – Mike Tyson
- “I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.” – Mike Tyson
- “Greatness is not guarding yourself from the people; greatness is being accepted by the people.” – Mike Tyson
- “Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.” – Mike Tyson
- “I’m going to gut you like a fish.” – Mike Tyson
- “I just want to conquer people and their souls.” – Mike Tyson
- “I think I’ll take a bath in his blood.” – Mike Tyson
- “Unfortunately, sometimes you can’t have fun accomplishing your goals. Sometimes people don’t have the determination, the will, the steadfastness, the tenacity, they give in under the slightest struggle.” – Mike Tyson
- “I ain’t the same person I was when I bit that guy’s ear off.“ – Mike Tyson
- “My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.“ – Mike Tyson
- “I don’t try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That’s nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.“ – Mike Tyson
- “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.” – Mike Tyson
- “When you have something in life that you want to accomplish greatly, you have to be willing to give up your happiness…I’ve lost all my sensitivity as far as being embarrassed, being shy, you just have to lose that.” – Mike Tyson
- “Discipline, doing what you hate to do but do it like you love it.” – Mike Tyson
Did you know that there is a time traveling conspricay involing one of Tyson’s fights. The image of the bright white iphone phone has some people to beleive that it was a time travveller in the crowd. Mentioning that now because I will not be doing a Fact or Fiction? about it. Also Mike Tyson was recently on the Joe Rogan Podcast, which has inspired me to create this quotes list.
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