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
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
I don't try to intimidate anybody before a fight. That's nonsense. I intimidate people by hitting them. - Mike Tyson
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
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
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
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
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
Sometimes I put on a ski mask and dress in old clothes, go out on the streets and beg for quarters. - Mike Tyson
That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up. - Mike Tyson
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
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
A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. - Oscar Wilde