Mike Tyson Quotes

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

Life, Enjoy, Forbidden

I'm a historian, and that freaks me out.
Mike Tyson

Freaks, Historian

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.
Mike Tyson

Time, Book, Revolution

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

Good, Read, Dangerous

When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
Mike Tyson

Deep, Read, Books

Sometimes I put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters.
Mike Tyson

Old, Put, Sometimes

You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative.
Mike Tyson

Home, Everything, After

People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.
Mike Tyson

Sometimes, Offend

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

Freedom, Nothing, Real

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

Put, Body, Talking

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

Money, Powerful, Inspire

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.
Mike Tyson

Society, Bad, Outlook

I'm just happy I'm not a phony.
Mike Tyson

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

History, Fighter, Biggest

My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
Mike Tyson

Person, Sensitive, Weakness

I think the average person thinks I'm a nut and I deserve whatever happens to me.
Mike Tyson

Person, Whatever, Happens

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

Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.
Mike Tyson

Try, Slavery, Slave

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

Character, Pathetic, Dealers

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

Woman, Hard, Black

I've lived places these guys can't defecate in.
Mike Tyson

Guys, Lived, Places

I love to hit people. I love to.
Mike Tyson

That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up.
Mike Tyson

Respect, Fact, Gave

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.
Mike Tyson

Heart, Fight, Game

I just look around and say, I'm a mess. I don't know why I do things.
Mike Tyson

Why, Around, Mess

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Nationality: American

Born: June 30, 1966

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