Mike Tyson

"Reported by Joyce Carol Oates in 1986 : "'It's a lonely sport,' Mike Tyson, who is surrounded by people who love him, says."

"I didn't know how to be any other way. I felt like one of those barbarian kings just coming to conquer the Roman Empire."

"From the London Times: "Tyson repeated his desire to do missionary work and said he had spoken to a Christian charity about aid work in Bosnia or Rwanda, 'somewhere where people are in dire need.'"

"I can talk about humility, but I'm not humble. I mean, if you say, 'I'm humble,' you've just contradicted yourself. But I'm trying to be, man, I'm trying so hard."

"I'm addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos."

"He was just splendid, a masterful boxer - I take my hat off to him"

"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."

"I feel like sometimes that I was born, that I'm not meant for this society because everyone here is a fucking hypocrite. Everybody says they believe in God but they don't do God's work. Everybody coun…"