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Last Updated:  Friday, 21 February, 2003, 10:36 GMT
Iron Mike's mad world
Mike Tyson and a lisp, sorry, list of his best quotes
Tyson has an impressive lisp, sorry, list of amusing quotes
BBC Sport presents a selection of quotes from 'Iron' Mike Tyson, the maddest man in sport.

On fighting Lennox Lewis

"Lennox Lewis, I'm coming for you man - My style is impetuous. My defence is impregnable. And I'm just ferocious. I want your heart. I want to eat his children - Praise be to Allah!"

"My main objective is to be professional but to kill him."

On Evander Holyfield

"You got nothing coming, man. I'm going to enjoy this fight."

(After biting Holyfield) "This is my career. I have children to raise. I have to retaliate. He butted me. Look at me. My kids will be scared of me."

On Razor Ruddock

"You're sweet. I'm going to make sure you kiss me good with those big lips. I'm gonna make you my girlfriend."

Tyson's best bites

"How dare these boxers challenge me with their primitive skills? It makes me angry. They're just as good as dead."

"I'm on the Zoloft (medication) to keep from killing y'all."

"I really dig Hannibal. Hannibal had real guts. He rode elephants into Cartilage."

"I just want them to keep bringing guys on and I'm going to strip them of their health. I bring pain, a lot of pain."

"I guess I'm gonna fade into Bolivian."

"I'm not Mother Teresa. But I'm also not Charles Manson!"

"I try to catch him right on the tip of the nose, because I try to push the bone into the brain."

"There are nine million people who see me in the ring and hate my guts. Most of them are white. That's okay. Just spell my name right."

And remember, he said all that with a lisp.


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