I'm a dreamer. I have to dream and reach for the stars, and if I miss a star then I grab a handful of clouds.
- Mike Tyson
Reach For The Stars, Star, Dreams
Everyone has a plan 'till they get punched in the mouth.
- Mike Tyson
Mouth, Everyone, Till, Punched
Anyone with a grain of sense would know that if I punched my wife I would rip her head off. It's all lies. I have never laid a finger on her.
- Mike Tyson
Wife, Finger, Laid, Punched
Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used.
- Mike Tyson
Money, Used, Our, Bait
I'm not much for talking. You know what I do. I put guys in body bags when I'm right.
- Mike Tyson
Know, Talking, Bags, Guys
Every time there's a revolution, it comes from somebody reading a book about revolution. David Walker wrote a book and Nat Turner did his thing.
- Mike Tyson
Book, About, Wrote, Turner
I could feel his muscle tissues collapse under my force. It's ludicrous these mortals even attempt to enter my realm.
- Mike Tyson
Feel, Could, Attempt, Mortals
Sometimes I put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters.
- Mike Tyson
Dress, Streets, Beg, Quarters
I intend to fight and I want to win. But my priorities are basically to be a good Brother and a strong one, and to try to be a good father one day.
- Mike Tyson
Father, Strong, Want, Intend
I did my time for the rape. I paid my money to Las Vegas. I paid my dues.
- Mike Tyson
Money, My Time, Las Vegas, Dues
I want to rip out his heart and feed it to Lennox Lewis. I want to kill people. I want to rip their stomachs out and eat their children.
- Mike Tyson
Sports, People, Want, Lewis
Greatness is not guarding yourself from the people; greatness is being accepted by the people.
- Mike Tyson
Greatness, Accepted, Guarding
I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them.
- Mike Tyson
Try, Before, Anybody, Intimidate
When I was in prison, I was wrapped up in all those deep books. That Tolstoy crap - people shouldn't read that stuff.
- Mike Tyson
Deep, People, Read, Tolstoy
It's good to know how to read, but it's dangerous to know how to read and not how to interpret what you're reading.
- Mike Tyson
How, Dangerous, Read, Interpret
I know I'm going to blow one day. My life is doomed the way it is. I have no future.
- Mike Tyson
My Life, One Day, Going, Blow
Another thing that freaks me out is time. Time is like a book. You have a beginning, a middle and an end. It's just a cycle.
- Mike Tyson
Beginning, Middle, Like, Freaks
I'm a historian, and that freaks me out.
- Mike Tyson
Me, Out, Historian, Freaks
When I fight someone, I want to break his will. I want to take his manhood. I want to rip out his heart and show it to him.
- Mike Tyson
Want, Will, Break, Manhood
My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
- Mike Tyson
I Am, Weakness, Biggest, Sensitivity
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
Game, Ring, Concerned, Malice
When you see me smash somebody's skull, you enjoy it.
- Mike Tyson
Enjoy, Me, See, Smash
Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.
- Mike Tyson
Freedom, Having, Cent, Freer
You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative.
- Mike Tyson
Negative, Get, About, Party
I try to catch them right on the tip of his nose, because I try to punch the bone into the brain.
- Mike Tyson
Nose, Bone, Them, Tip
You can't stay married in a situation where you are afraid to go to sleep in case your wife might cut your throat.
- Mike Tyson
Wife, Cut, Throat, Case
I'm a nut case, but that is what I believe.
- Mike Tyson
Believe, I Believe, Nut, Case
People are going to say what they say. I know sometimes I say things; I offend people.
- Mike Tyson
Sometimes, Going, Things, Offend
I feel bad about my outlook, how I feel about people and society, and that I'll never be part of society the way I should.
- Mike Tyson
Bad, Part, About, Outlook
I'm the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don't believe it, check the cash register.
- Mike Tyson
History, Cash Register, Cash
I think the average person thinks I'm a nut and I deserve whatever happens to me.
- Mike Tyson
Think, Deserve, Average, Average Person
I don't react to a tragic happening any more. I took so many bad things as a kid and some people think I don't care about anything. It's just too hard for me to get emotional. I can't cry no more.
- Mike Tyson
Kid, Bad, Some, Tragic
Quayle said the worst thing that happened to him was that he never trusted his own judgment. I said from now on I am going to go with my own judgment.
- Mike Tyson
Worst Thing, My Own, Going, Trusted
I think I'll take a bath in his blood.
- Mike Tyson
Think, I Think, Take, Bath
When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.
- Mike Tyson
Again, Gonna, Capitalistic, Greedy
Mr. Arthur Ashe, he was good. I read some of his books. He knew about everything, but he was real quiet and didn't talk much. I never met him.
- Mike Tyson
Some, Arthur, Read, Met
That equals to being a fool, having fame and no fortune. A lot of guys out there have fame doing this and doing that, but they are broke.
- Mike Tyson
Doing, Fortune, Having, Guys
I've lived places these guys can't defecate in.
- Mike Tyson
Places, Lived, Guys
Some people try to get you out of slavery for you to be their slave.
- Mike Tyson
Some, Slave, Get, Some People
The only thing I do is just pray for inspiration, for a way of thinking, because I don't have any particular goal in sight.
- Mike Tyson
Goal, Pray For, Particular
That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up.
- Mike Tyson
Fact, Laid, His, Gave
I ain't the same person I was when I bit that guy's ear off.
- Mike Tyson
Person, Guy, Same, Ear
The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.
- Mike Tyson
See, Some, Sympathize, Dealers
I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.
- Mike Tyson
Want, Bother, Would, Pigeons
I was hoping he would get up so I could hit him again and keep him down.
- Mike Tyson
Him, Again, Could, Hoping
I'll go back and take what the people owe me.
- Mike Tyson
Me, Go, Take, Owe
I'm in trouble because I'm normal and slightly arrogant. A lot of people don't like themselves and I happen to be totally in love with myself.
- Mike Tyson
Love, Normal, Slightly, Trouble
I'm not Mother Teresa, but I'm not Charles Manson, either.
- Mike Tyson
Mother, Either, Charles, Manson
I'm going to gut you like a fish.
- Mike Tyson
Like, Going, Gut, Fish
God lets everything happen for a reason. It's all a learning process, and you have to go from one level to another.
- Mike Tyson
Learning, Reason, Happen, Lets
I just want to be humble at all times.
- Mike Tyson
Humble, Want, Times, Be Humble
Everybody's got plans... until they get hit.
- Mike Tyson
Plans, Get, Everybody, Hit
I love to hit people. I love to.
- Mike Tyson
Love, People, I Love, Hit
I can inspire people on how to use money, how to get economically powerful.
- Mike Tyson
Money, How, Economically, Inspire
I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
- Mike Tyson
Society, Like, Meant, I Feel Like
I'm a Muslim, but I think Jesus would have a drink with me. He would be cool. He would talk to me.
- Mike Tyson
Religion, Think, I Think, Jesus
If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?
- Mike Tyson
Love, Think, Here, Jesus
As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want.
- Mike Tyson
Strength, Get, Persevere, Endure
I'm just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
- Mike Tyson
Fruits, Like, Too, Forbidden
I'm just happy I'm not a phony.
- Mike Tyson
Happy, Just, Phony
I just want to conquer people and their souls.
- Mike Tyson
Conquer, Want, Just, Souls
I just look around and say, I'm a mess. I don't know why I do things.
- Mike Tyson
Know, Why, Things, Mess
I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.
- Mike Tyson
Love, Best, Want, I Love
I know how hard it is to be a woman, especially a black woman.
- Mike Tyson
Woman, Know, How, Black
One day some guy is going to get a billion-dollar fight.
- Mike Tyson
Some, Going, Get, One Day
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