Mike Tyson Quotes About Rings

Quotes about: Rings

• I'm scared every time I go into the ring, but it's how you handle it. What you have to do is plant your feet, bite down on your mouthpiece and say, 'Let's go.'

  Mike Tyson

  Motivational, Feet, Boxing

• I have the same malice in my heart as far as the fight game is concerned, but outside the ring, I won't say anything a dignified man won't say.

  Mike Tyson

  Sports, Heart, Fighting

  Interview with Robert E. Johnson, Ebony, p. 78, September 1995.

• My objective is to destroy anybody over 200 pounds, in the ring or out.

  Mike Tyson

  Pounds, Rings, Objectives

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• 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.

  Mike Tyson

  Hate, Names, White

• Being in the ring became my reality, and, in my reality, I'd think I was someone special.

  Mike Tyson

  Reality, Thinking, Special

  Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 23, 2009.

• Fighting is spiritual. It appears to be physical from the layman's eyes. In my fights, I seemed to be angry and mad - all that stuff you saw me doing, the yelling and screaming and being mean in the ring - but I'm cool as a cucumber. I can hear everybody talking around me outside of the ring. I can see everybody. I know what is going on.

  Mike Tyson

  Spiritual, Mean, Eye

• I earned that the strong will always beat the weak, but the smart will beat the strong. Boxing is a tough guy sport. But in the end, the tough guy gets to clean the streets and be a bodyguard. In the ring, the tough guy is going to get hurt; at the end of the day, he's going to talk funny. Only the smartest win. So, I know it's cliché, but power - real power - comes from knowledge, comes from smarts.

  Mike Tyson

  Sports, Strong, Hurt

  "Mike Tyson: 'You Have To Feel Comfortable Being Uncomfortable'". Interview with David J. Parnell, www.forbes.com. November 18, 2014.

• For what I get paid to get into the ring, I owe it to my fans to uphold the institution of sportsmanship.

  Mike Tyson

  Sportsmanship, Fans, Institutions

• I just did what I did in my era, basically because of my admiration for the guys who came before me. That's how I've always looked at it. I never thought of boxing like, I'm going to be the greatest fighter ever and make a lot of money. Instead, I thought I was going to win because I learned from the best. I carefully studied the videotapes of all the fighters from the past, dissected their styles, and entered the ring with their spirit.

  Mike Tyson

  Winning, Past, Boxing

  Source: aalbc.com

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