534 Quotes by Mike Tyson

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

I never look at a high point in my career. Everyone thinks about the Spinks fight, but that fight only lasted 91 seconds, so it’s hard to say it defined my career.

Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn’t talk much. I never met him.

Some people are faster than others; I’m just figuring it out later, that’s all. I’m getting smart too late and old too soon.

I didn’t come from a household where my mother dragged me outside and said, “You’d better fight.” My mother wouldn’t let me fight. I was not an aggressive kid.

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.

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

I’ll fight anybody my trainer puts me in with because I’m confident I can beat any fighter in the world. If anybody can see I’m almost a master at evading punches coming at me.

There are nine million people who see me in the ring and hate my guts. Most of them are white. That’s okay. Just spell my name right.