Mike Tyson does a lot of things that shows he wants to win. He might hit you after the bell, he might hit you a little low, but he wants to win the fight. I think if he controls himself, he's okay.

I never tried to be a mercenary or a killer but a hard working fighter.

I came from a dirt farm, now I'm filthy rich.

All fighters are prostitutes and all promoters are pimps

Mike Tyson would have been a good sparring partner for me and Muhammad Ali because Tyson was a fast fighter and he could punch and throw good combinations.

This is the lying thieving mother who cut me $500,000.

There is no quit in me.

Mike Tyson always had a big heart, but one of his problems is that he's short. And he's got kind of a personal attitude. But that don't make him a great fighter.

Now I'm free of him and I'm light as a feather. There's no weight holding me down; I'm ready to spread my wings and fly.

[My] worst habit: Drinking too much Budweiser when I get angry.

It's hard being black. You ever been black? I was black once - when I was poor.

I don't get it, guys, I continued. I'd want to date me. Why is it so hard for me? I'm wicked fun, I dress nicely, I'm friendly... I'd love to date me. Wouldn't you?

To become distinguished in your industry, you have to constantly manage, master and maximise your time.

The fellow who never makes a mistake takes his orders from one who does.

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

If you don't have any fight in you, you might as well be dead.

Maybe Himalayan climbing is just a bad habit, like smoking, of which one says with cavalier abandon, must give this up some day, before it kills me.

Theists and atheists are equally religious.

... it matters not what natural endowment a race may have if it prostitutes itself to the service of death.

a committee, of course, exists for the purpose of damping enthusiasms.