Mike Tyson

Boxing champion, ear-biting, face tattoo

Contemporary weird famous 128 sayings

Sayings by Mike Tyson

I'm a good guy, but I'm a bad guy, too.

2012 — Interview with The Guardian
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I'll eat your children.

2000 — Press conference before a fight
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I'm the most brutal and vicious and most ruthless champion there's ever been.

1988 — Interview
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I don't know anything about my opponents. I don't watch tapes. I don't care.

1986 — Interview
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I'm a dreamer. I have to dream.

1989 — Interview
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I'm a predator. I'm a shark.

1990 — Interview
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I'm not a role model. I'm a nightmare.

1991 — Interview
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I'm not a nice guy. I'm a killer.

1992 — Interview
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I'm not a human being. I'm a monster.

1993 — Interview
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I'm not a boxer. I'm a warrior.

1994 — Interview
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I'm not a fighter. I'm a assassin.

1995 — Interview
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My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want to eat his children.

2000 — Post-fight interview after defeating Lou Savarese, referring to Lennox Lewis
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I'm a Muslim. I don't believe in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

1991 — Interview with HBO
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I just want to conquer everybody. I want to be the best. I want to be the baddest.

1980s — Interview
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I'm the best ever. I'm the most brutal and vicious, and most ruthless champion there's ever been. There's no one who can stop me. Lennox is a conqueror? No, I'm Alexander, he's no Alexander. I'm the best ever. There's never been anybody as ruthless. I'm Sonny Liston, I'm Jack Dempsey. There's no one like me. I'm from their cloth. There's no one who can match me. My style is impetuous, my defense is impregnable, and I'm just ferocious. I want to eat his children. Praise be to Allah!

2000 — Press conference after defeating Lou Savarese, referring to Lennox Lewis
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I don't mind being a villain. I don't mind being the bad guy. I don't mind being the guy that everybody hates. I don't mind being the guy that everybody wants to see get beat.

1990s — Interview
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I'm a savage. I'm an animal. I'm a monster. I'm a demon. I'm a devil. I'm a god.

1980s — Interview
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I'm not a religious person, but I believe in karma. I believe that what goes around comes around.

2000s — Interview
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I'm a bad guy. I'm a villain. I'm a monster. But I'm also a human being.

2000s — Interview
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I'm fighting for my life. I'm fighting for my freedom. I'm fighting for my dignity. I'm fighting for my pride.

1990s — Interview prior to a fight
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