Mike Tyson

“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

“I did my time for the rape. I paid my money to Las Vegas. I paid my dues.”

— Mike Tyson

“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'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

“That's what people respect, the fact that I wasn't a chump that laid on his back and gave up.”

— 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

“I know why they don't like me because they want the money I have.”

— Mike Tyson

“Our money is bait money, and bait money is not to be used.”

— Mike Tyson

“I love to hit people. I love to.”

— Mike Tyson

“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

“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

“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

“I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.”

— Mike Tyson

“If Jesus was here, do you think Jesus would show me any love? Do you think Jesus would love me?”

— Mike Tyson

“Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.”

— Mike Tyson

“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

“I can inspire people on how to use money, how to get economically powerful.”

— Mike Tyson

“You come home, and you party. But after that, you get a hangover. Everything about that is negative.”

— Mike Tyson

“I just want to do what I do best, and that's fight. I love it.”

— Mike Tyson

“When Jesus comes back, these crazy, greedy, capitalistic men are gonna kill him again.”

— Mike Tyson