534 Quotes by Mike Tyson

Everybody has a plan till they get hit in the mouth. (P.s.) I think this extends beyond boxing as well.

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face.

Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.

What was most important was the knowledge [aspect] of the fight. I learned this early on and just told myself to "upgrade my mind." That's just what I wanted to do my whole life.

I don't have to be that gentleman ["baddest man on the planet"] anymore. Now I have to be "this" guy. And in order to be "this" guy, I have to be smiling, I have to be gregarious, I have to be entertaining, and I have to be friendly. This is what my career needs now. I've adapted. But 20 years from now, I may need a different persona.

I haven't been with a woman in nine months.

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.

If my children will live a better life than I did by my getting brain damage, by my being brain dead, then let it be.

There's nothing to fear but fear itself. It's an illusion of fear. Fear is an illusion. If you gonna die, you gonna die anyway; it's not something to fear, fear is not gonna help.