Mike Tyson: Top 15 Quotes from Iron Mike Tyson

Mike Tyson is one of the most feared and respected boxers that has ever lived. A ferocious knockout artist that became the youngest heavyweight champion in boxing history.

Aside from his boxing skills, Mike Tyson quotes are well renowned. He is a highly intelligent person that has said things that range from profound to frightening.

Here is our list of 15 of the best Mike Tyson quotes.

1. “While I’m in the dressing room five minutes before I come out, I’m breaking my gloves down, I’m pushing the leather to the back of my gloves, so my knuckle could pierce through. When I come out I have supreme confidence. I’m scared to death. I’m afraid. I’m afraid of everything. I’m afraid of losing. I’m afraid of being humiliated. But I’m confident. The closer I get to the ring the more confident I get. The closer, the more confident. The closer the more confident I get. All during training I ve been afraid of this man. I think this man might be capable of beating me. I’ve dreamed of him beating me. For that I ve always stayed afraid of him. The closer I get to the ring the more confident I get. Once I’m in the ring I’m a god. No one could beat me. I walk around the ring but I never take my eyes off my opponent. Even if he’s ready and pumping, and can’t wait to get his hands on me. I keep my eyes on him. I keep my eyes on him. Then once I see a chink in his armor, boom, one of his eyes may move, and then I know I have him. Then once he comes to the center of the ring he looks at me with his piercing look as if he’s not afraid. But he already made that mistake when he looked down for that one tenth of a second. I know I have him. He’ll fight hard for the first two or three rounds, but I know I broke his spirit. During the fight I’m supremely confident. I’m making him miss and I’m countering. I’m hitting him to the body; I’m punching him real hard. And I’m punching him, and I’m punching him, and I know he’s gonna take my punches. He goes down, he’s out. I’m victorious. Mike Tyson, greatest fighter that ever lived.”
   
2. “Everyone has a plan ’till they get punched in the mouth.”
   
3. “I’m gonna rip his heart out. I’m the best ever. I’m the most brutal and vicious, the most ruthless champion there has ever been. No one can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No! He’s no Alexander! I’m Alexander! I’m the best ever. I’m Sonny Liston. I’m Jack Dempsey. There’s never been anyone like me. I’m from their cloth. There is no one who can match me. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I’m ferocious. I want his heart! I want to eat his children! Praise be to Allah!”
   
4. “Discipline, doing what you hate to do but do it like you love it.”
   
5. “In order to succeed greatly, you have to be prepared to fail greatly. If you can’t do both of them, you’ve got a problem.”
   
6. “Y’all guys know what I do…I put people in body bags.”
   
7. “My power is discombobulating and devastating. I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It’s ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.”
   
8. “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.”
   
9. “I’m not Mother Teresa, but I’m not Charles Manson, either.”
   
10. “I had to persevere because this was my life. This championship, this was the stuff I dreamt of all my life, and I wasn’t gonna be denied.”
    
11. “Whatever you want, especially when you’re striving to be the best in the world at something, there’ll always be disappointments, and you can’t be emotionally tied to them, because they’ll break your spirit.”
    
12. “Fighting is not physical, fighting is spiritual. It’s the determination and the will in the guy.”
    
13. “Whatever you want, especially when you’re striving to be the best in the world at something, there’ll always be disappointments, and you can’t be emotionally tied to them, cos’ they’ll break your spirit.”
    
14. “If you don’t do it for passion and love, the emotional outcome will be disastrous.” 
    
15. “This(his belts) is garbage. I can say I bled for garbage. At one time when you’re a young kid this means everything to you, but then your priorities change and you just want your children to be happy.”