“I'm not a good father. I'm a good man with my kids. I'm very generous with them. I'm very kind to them, but I am not a good father.”

—  Mike Tyson

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

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update Jan. 19, 2022. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "I'm not a good father. I'm a good man with my kids. I'm very generous with them. I'm very kind to them, but I am not a …" by Mike Tyson?
Mike Tyson photo
Mike Tyson 89
American boxer 1966

Related quotes

L. Frank Baum photo

“Oh, no, my dear; I'm really a very good man, but I'm a very bad Wizard, I must admit.”

L. Frank Baum book The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

Source: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (1900)

Mae West photo

“When I'm good, I'm very good. When I'm bad, I'm better.”

Mae West (1893–1980) American actress and sex symbol

I'm No Angel (1933)

“I'm no good at dinner parties. I feel very uneasy at them.”

Dermot Healy (1947–2014) Irish writer

Small talk: Dermot Healy, 2011

Whoopi Goldberg photo

“I'm an actor. That's what I do. I'm not a stand-up comic. I do characters. I'm very good. I'll be better. But right now I'm a very good actor.”

Whoopi Goldberg (1955) American actress

As quoted in "Whoopi Goldberg, A One-Woman Character Parade" https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=68252476 by Michael Kuchwara, AP Drama Writer, The Fremont News-Messenger (November 29, 1984), p. 31.

Nick Xenophon photo

“I don't know if I am a very good politician … I'm not a good hater.”

Nick Xenophon (1959) Australian politician

[Jamie, Walker, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/from-young-lib-to-senate-linchpin/story-e6frg6p6-1111116755879, From brash Young Liberal to Senate linchpin for Nick Xenophon, The Australian, June 28, 2008, 2009-11-18]

Howard Stern photo

“What's wrong with being naked? I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I pay my taxes. I'm a good man. I'm a good father - try to be, anyway. I try to do the right things in life.”

Howard Stern (1954) American radio personality

Howard Stern, What I've Learned, Esquire Magazine (January 2006)

James A. Michener photo

“I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.”

James A. Michener (1907–1997) American author
Mike Tyson photo

“Y'all guys can't define me or define my work as a father, i'm many things i'm many things you know, yeah i'm a convicted rapist, i'm a hell raiser, i'm a father, i'm a loving father, i'm, you know, a semi- good husband, you know what i mean? What? You know i'm just a man out here trying to enjoy my, you know I was born poor I ain't never had nothing I don't know how to act but the real thing is i'm just here to be me. I do'nt care about who anyone things at this stage in my life but yeah, i'm pretty much a tyrant titan. Yeahs thats who I am.”

Mike Tyson (1966) American boxer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vBqoaW2oEsU&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fgawker.com%2F5256086%2Fted-nugent-is-the-new-mike-tyson%3Fautoplay%3Dtrue&feature=player_embedded
On himself

“I'm not sure I was very good as a kid. It was a craft that I learned. However, I was very enthusiastic as a child and you get better over the years!”

Ryan Gage (1983) English actor

Source: Ryan Gage On His Blossoming Career and Exciting New Projects! https://www.iconvsicon.com/2014/11/28/on-the-rise-ryan-gage-on-his-blossoming-career-and-exciting-new-projects/ (2014)

Indíra Gándhí photo

“My father was a statesman, I'm a political woman. My father was a saint. I'm not.”

Indíra Gándhí (1917–1984) Indian politician and Prime Minister

Quoted in "Indira's Coup," profile by Oriana Fallaci, The New York Review of Books (September 18, 1975).

Related topics