Mike Tyson Quotes About Drugs

Quotes about: Drugs

• The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.

  Mike Tyson

  Sports, Greatness, Boxing

• The drug dealers, they sympathize with me. They see me as some sort of pathetic character.

  Mike Tyson

  Sports, Character, Boxing

  "Desperate Tyson Prepares For His Real Last Stand" by Wallace Matthews, www.nysun.com. June 23, 2004.

• I like the hip writers: Fitzgerald, the guy who committed suicide, Hemingway, all those guys. Some of them were alcoholics and drug addicts but they had fun. They were real people. They formed the culture of American literature. Hemingway admired Tolstoy, Tolstoy admired Pushkin, and Mailer admired Hemingway. It all flows down. The greats are all connected. One day I'm gonna write a book myself. The first chapter will be about what a rough deal my momma got. She believed in you guys and your society.

  Mike Tyson

  Suicide, Fun, Real

  "Boxing: Tyson's complicated world". Interview with Paul Hayward, www.telegraph.co.uk. May 1, 2002.

• Becoming a vegan gave me another opportunity to live a healthy life. I was so congested from all the drugs and bad cocaine, I could hardly breathe, [I had] high blood pressure, [was] almost dying [and had] arthritis. And once I became a vegan all that stuff diminished.

  Mike Tyson

  Opportunity, Blood, Drug

  "Beyonce And Jay Z Spotted At Vegan Restaurant Cafe Gratitude On His Birthday". “Oprah: Where Are They now?”, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2017.

• I'm just trying to change my life because I'm not above killing any drug dealer for money.

  Mike Tyson

  Boxing, Drug, Trying

  "Tyson can't beat Father Time" by Chuck Johnson, usatoday30.usatoday.com. June 12, 2005.

• My objective was to hurt the other fighters. I wanted to hurt them. I wanted to be merciless. Man, I was a wild thing. It's kind of a drug, a rush.

  Mike Tyson

  Hurt, Men, Drug

  Interview with Elvis Mitchell, www.interviewmagazine.com. September 23, 2009.

• I could never stop drugs, I could never stop drinking, until I received my spiritual awakening.

  Mike Tyson

  Spiritual, Drinking, Drug

  Source: pitchfork.com

• I may have smoked too much weed, but I wasn't taking drugs or anything.

  Mike Tyson

  Weed, Drug, May

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