People love you when you're successful, but if you're not, who really cares about you?
Mike Tyson Quotes
born 1966 United States
"Iron" Mike Tyson (born June 30, 1966, in Brooklyn, New York) is a former American heavyweight boxing champion.
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63 quotes
"Everybody has plans until they get hit for the first time."
The act of treachery is an art, but the traitor himself is a piece of shit.
If they lock me up, at least I'll have a place to stay.
Life is totally about losing everything. As life goes on, we lose more than we acquire.
USA Today (2005)
Everybody in boxing probably makes out well except for the fighter.
"Being a champion opens lots of doors—I'd like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance."
"They would give Jeffrey Dahmer a second chance before they gave me another one."
"Most writers, in my opinion, are dysfunctional derelicts."
My main objective is to be professional but to kill him.
"When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it."
"You're smart too late and old too soon."
Telegraph (2002)
1990: "It's nothing personal, but I'm going to kill this guy."
"I’m just trying to change my life because I’m not above killing any drug dealer for money."
"It's such a shallow world I am involved with and I can't take it no more."
"My whole life has been a waste - I've been a failure."
"I put people in body bags when I'm right."
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Mike Tyson (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.