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“My life's not tragic at all. How many guys do you know who are bankrupt and just bought a $3 million house and are getting ready to get $6 million more?”

Mike Tyson

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm
On himself

“My career has been over since 1990.”

Mike Tyson

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-12-tyson-retire-talk_x.htm
On boxing

“If they lock me up, at least I'll have a place to stay.”

Mike Tyson

As quoted in ESPN http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=2083509&type=story. <br class="br">Miscellaneous

“You can set a good example that you don't have to throw blows or be belligerent to get your point across.”

Mike Tyson

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm
Miscellaneous

“He was just splendid, a masterful boxer - I take my hat off to him”

Mike Tyson

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/specials/lewis_v_tyson_fight/2032422.stm <br class="br">On Lennox Lewis

“1987: "I could have knocked him out in the third round but I wanted to do it slowly, so he would remember this night for a long time."”

Mike Tyson

http://www.boxing-monthly.co.uk/content/0008/three.htm
On boxing

“Most writers, in my opinion, are dysfunctional derelicts.”

Mike Tyson

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20000205/ai_n14287081
On the media

“I just don't have the desire no more, I don't have the stomach to do it no more. I don't even kill insects in my house. I just don't kill anything no more. I used to kill pigeons, rip their heads off, 'You dirty rat pigeon!' I don't even have the heart to kill an animal no more. I just changed my whole life in general. That probably could have changed the way I fight.”

Mike Tyson

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=2083509&type=story
On boxing

“Every shot was thrown with bad intentions.”

Mike Tyson

http://www.boxing-monthly.co.uk/content/0008/three.htm This has often also been quoted as, "Every punch was thrown with bad intentions." <br class="br">On boxing

“Being a champion opens lots of doors—I'd like to get a real estate license, maybe sell insurance.”

Mike Tyson

http://jco.usfca.edu/boxing/desert.html
On boxing

“I've been a prima-donna. I was taken care of since I was 13. That's why I am the way I am today. I was spoiled, like a brat. I had anything I wanted. That's crazy to be that way all your life. Everybody's taking care of you, but manipulating you at the same time. Very few people have a life like that. Most people have to work like slaves their whole lives. I've never had a job in my life. What I know how to do is hurt big, tough men — in the street and off.”

Mike Tyson

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm
On himself

“People are trying to force me to redeem (myself) — certain women, certain mentors. Nobody's going to change me. I'm going to fight that. You can't change me; you can't tame me. When you say that, I'm going to bite you even harder. I'm more ferocious, more complicated. I'm not going to let anybody win a popularity contest off my conduct. You have to understand. It is a pervasive (belief) that I'm an animal — undomesticated as well. But regardless of the bizarre (stuff) I've done, I'm a very rational individual. But everybody still thinks I'm crazy and stupid because that's what they want to believe.”

Mike Tyson

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm
On himself

“I can talk about humility, but I'm not humble. I mean, if you say, 'I'm humble,' you've just contradicted yourself. But I'm trying to be, man, I'm trying so hard.”

Mike Tyson

http://www.details.com/culture-trends/news-and-politics/201008/interview-boxing-mike-tyson
On himself

“In a 1988 Sports Illustrated interview: "Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent. Do you know what I do sometimes? Put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters."”

Mike Tyson

http://www.boxing-monthly.co.uk/content/0008/three.htm
On himself

“In 2005: "Most of my fans are too sensitive. I’m a cruel and cold and hard person. I’ve been abused in every way you can imagine. Save your tears. I lost my sensitivity. You embarrass me when you cry."”

Mike Tyson

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,3-2005270012,,00.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/article532790.ece
On his fans

“To a question on whether he feels support from the common fan: "I don't feel love from them because there's no love. They don't know me as an individual; they know me for what I actually do. Because they pay to see me smash anybody. If they're white they pay, [it's] because the only thing they have respect for is my ability as an athlete. But if I was in court and I had to use them to testify against me on my character, they wouldn't testify positively against me and they would think I'm a cad…"”

Mike Tyson

http://espn.go.com/boxing/news/2002/0503/1377497.html
On his fans

“This is a weird feeling in my life I have to deal with, not being a violent man anymore when my whole life's reputation was built on being extremely violent. I just don't know how to deal with that right now. I don't even go to strip clubs no more. I don't know who I am sometimes, but I am not the guy I used to be. I'm not an angel or anything. I'm still lascivious, periodically. I'm just looking for some balance in my life.”

Mike Tyson

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/print?id=2083509&type=story
On boxing

“[Cus D'Amato] told me, 'You're the type of guy who has to be hurt to learn.' I'm pissed off today because he was right about everything.”

Mike Tyson

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm?csp=34 <br class="br">On his family

“My whole life has been a waste - I've been a failure.”

Mike Tyson

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2005-06-02-tyson-saraceno_x.htm
On himself

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

Mike Tyson

http://www.boxing-monthly.co.uk/content/0008/three.htm
On his fans