Quotes by Mike Tyson

"When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it."

"Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It's all lies. I have never laid a finger on her."

"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."

"When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again."

"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."

"God lets everything happen for a reason. It's all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another."

"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."

"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 did my time for the rape. I paid my money to Las Vegas. I paid my dues."

"I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future."

"I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down."

"I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one."

"Everybody's got plans... until they get hit."

"I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society."

"I try to catch them right on the tip of his nose, because I try to punch the bone into the brain."

"I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them."

"I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day."

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

"I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it."

"I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm."

"You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat."

"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."

"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."

"If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?"

"I'm a Muslim, but I think Jesus would have a drink with me. He would be cool. He would talk to me."

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

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

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

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

"Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used."

"I know why they don't like me because they want the money I have."

"When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him."

"I love to hit people. I love to."

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

"Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth."

"As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want."

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

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

"I don't react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don't care about anything. It's just too hard for me to get emotional. I can't cry no more."

"I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children."

"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."

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