Malik Abdul Aziz, popularly known as Mike Tyson, is an American former professional boxer and former heavyweight champion. ‘Iron Mic’ was the undisputed heavyweight champion who held the record of being the youngest ever to win the WBA, WBC, and IBF heavyweight titles at the age of 20. Tyson was known for his fierce, no mercy style of boxing. He won 19 professional matches by knockouts. Out of which, 12 didn’t even make it through to the second round. Also known as “Kid Dynamite”, he is placed at number 16 at The Ring's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time. This International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame inductee also had his share of controversies with conviction of rape, declaration of bankruptcy and disqualifications for biting opponent’s ear. Despite these hurdles, he made a comeback into the boxing arena and joined the league of legends such as Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, to regain the heavyweight title after losing it. We have collected Mike Tyson’s quotes from his utterances, articles, interviews, press conferences etc. Let us go through these popular quotes from this undisputed legend of boxing, highlighting his thoughts and sayings.
Man is not mean to be humble, he's meant to be humbled.
Mike Tyson
Everybody thinks this is a tough man’s sport. This is not a tough man’s sport. This is a thinking man’s sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.
Mike Tyson
A man who was friendly with everyone was an enemy to himself.
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.