Happy New Year to you too Mike.
The thing I love about Mike is that he doesn’t try to clean up his past. A lot of people would make excuses. Not Mike, he tells it as it is.
Tyson admits the instant fame and the millions of dollars in money would cause his life to take a dark road to drugs, alcohol, car crashes, multiple divorces and violent behavior inside and outside of the ring.
“I was an *sshole, a spinner, a madman, an obsessed madman, a retarded psychopath, an unrestrained piece of s**t. I was a smug slimeball. I thought I was the king of the world,” Tyson told Speigel. “There will never be a boxer who swallowed more pills than I did. I never thought that I would make it to 30. I’m glad that I’m still alive. Boxing made me crazy.”
“I only want to be a good father. It is important to me that my children have a good opinion of me, because I have no opinion of myself. I do not drink alcohol, I don’t smoke, don’t take drugs. I’m a vegan – no meat, no dairy, no eggs. I eat raisins, tomato soup and drink tea. Back then I was the opposite of what I am now,” Tyson said.