Latest Mike Tyson Quotes from Interviews

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• What I want to do in life is just be a respectful man and just take care of my children and guide my family in the right direction. I'm not looking to be a chairperson, I'm not looking to be ambassador or anything in that capacity.

  Mike Tyson

  Children, Men, Care

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• I don't think boxing took more from me then I got in return. It gave me everything that I took from it. It was all fair.

  Mike Tyson

  Thinking, Boxing

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• No one who isn't an extremist can understand the mind of an extremist.

  Mike Tyson

  Mind, Extremist

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I know I have only myself to blame for all the problems I've had in my life.

  Mike Tyson

  Blame, Problem

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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

  Mike Tyson

  Pounds, Rings, Objectives

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• I always had a lot of responsibilities. I just didn't take them. I just decided to take care of my responsibilities, live up to them. That's a pretty interesting job. It's harder than being heavyweight champion of the world.

  Mike Tyson

  Jobs, Responsibility, Interesting

  Source: www.boxinginsider.com

• I'm just protecting my children and making sure I pull them in the right direction so they don't end up like me with having to go through all that hardship. They may not survive so it's all about putting them on the right track.

  Mike Tyson

  Children, Track, Hardship

  Source: www.mlive.com

• I'm just a guy that is basically depending on my responsibility skills. I'm really responsible with my children and my wife and my family life. Things have changed with me. I'm not a night person anymore. I've got too many responsibilities to play.

  Mike Tyson

  Children, Responsibility, Night

  Source: www.mlive.com

• It's just good that Detroit is coming back. I'm so happy it's coming back because it needs to come back. When I do my trips around the world, and I can be anywhere, but I always see somebody from Detroit or Chicago. Those guys are world travelers.

  Mike Tyson

  Guy, Chicago, Needs

  Source: www.mlive.com

• When I go to Europe or South America, they laugh at things that are totally different than what Americans would laugh at. It's just so crazy how we're so different in personalities with other people.

  Mike Tyson

  Crazy, Europe, America

  Source: www.mlive.com

• Me? I see an old, broke-ass black guy taking care of a bunch of kids, living life, taking them to school, and all that stuff, who's asking himself: What the hell is this? But I wouldn't give it up for the world because I love my wife. I never expected to have a life like this. No chaos... no confusion... no lawsuits... no violence... no going to jail.

  Mike Tyson

  Live Life, School, Kids

  Source: aalbc.com

• People tell me I'm a comedian, but I don't approach acting from that perspective. I do know that everything in life has to do with your timing and perception. You have to be comfortable with the rhythm that you're in. You can't just jump into a fast rhythm if yours is slow. You might have to pick up the pace but in your own particular way. It has to do with personality, too.

  Mike Tyson

  People, Perspective, Personality

  Source: aalbc.com

• 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

• I'm here to serve God and be of service. I'm nothing; everything out here is a lot bigger than me.

  Mike Tyson

  Bigger, Serving God

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I'm doing what great artists before me did, like Judy Garland, Sammy Davis, Eddie Cantor. I'm doing what they were doing, not at their level yet, but one day I will be. I'm just happy to be in their company.

  Mike Tyson

  Artist, One Day, Levels

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I don't want anyone to have to interview me. I wish I didn't have to talk too much about myself.

  Mike Tyson

  Wish, Want, Too Much

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• 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.

  Mike Tyson

  Smart, People, Too Late

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• On stage it's just a wild setting - we have a big screen - hecklers, I'm fighting. It's entertainment, but I want to pierce [the audience's] souls and have them think about what I have to say.

  Mike Tyson

  Fighting, Thinking, Soul

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I'm trying to figure things out in the world. No one knows what this life thing is all about - there's no manual. Just trying to figure it out.

  Mike Tyson

  Trying, World, Figures

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• Sometimes they laugh at things I don't think are funny, but I believe if they're laughing at me, it's a good show.

  Mike Tyson

  Believe, Thinking, Laughing

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• People look at me as some bruiser, but I want to entertain people. I want people to applaud. I want to be the cause of people being happy, their emotions changing, to tell me I did a good performance.

  Mike Tyson

  People, Causes, Looks

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I have to always make sure I don't stay in one place and spend too much time one subject. I have my wife tell me [through an earpiece], "Come back! You're taking too long on that subject." I need to be reeled in.

  Mike Tyson

  Long, Wife, Needs

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

• I like strong women - not necessarily a masculine woman - but I like strong women...say a woman who runs a C.E.O. corporation. I like a strong woman with confidence - massive confidence - and then I want to dominate her sexually.

  Mike Tyson

  Running, Strong Women, Want

• I don't do nothin' unless I risk humiliating myself and really embarrassing myself. When I have that hanging over my head, it allows me to rise to the occasion.

  Mike Tyson

  Risk, Embarrassing, Humiliating

• I'm many things: I'm a convicted rapist, I'm a hell-raiser, I'm a father, a loving father. I'm a semi-good husband...I'm pretty much a tyrant-titan.

  Mike Tyson

  Husband, Father, Tyrants