534 Quotes by Mike Tyson

[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

Smart too late and old too soon, ... This is just my ending.

My intentions were not to fascinate the world with my personality.

You have to have a bunch of dimensions [of yourself]. You have to be able to adapt in this world. You can't be a nice guy living in a world of savages.

I'm not going to keep boxing. It's part of my past and now I want to live my life.

What I've done in the past is history and what I'm gonna do in the future is a mystery

When I'm on stage, I'm not me playing me. I'm somebody else doing me. I could never go on stage and be like, "Hey, I'm Mike Tyson. My mother and father was in the sex industry." That's the politically correct way to say it, but I would really say, "My mother and father were pimps and whores. This is my life." I could never do that as Mike Tyson. Because I'd feel sorry for myself. But if I could be objective about it and be somebody else, portraying Mike Tyson, saying this story, then it's easy sailing.

I try my best to learn from other people's mistakes. I have a lot of respect for people who can change.

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