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 If you guessed "The only refuge from despair is to protect one's ego into the world," you're right. Leo Tolstoy said that, not Mike Tyson. But the rest of them are pure Iron Mike.
Here's some more background on these quotes:
| 'Mother Teresa ... Charles Manson': True |
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"Only refuge from despair: False |
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We agree he's no Mother Teresa or Charles Manson, but we're pretty sure which end of that scale he'd be on.
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OK, we made that one up, but Tyson said he stopped taking antidepressants six months ago and also no longer went to psychiatric therapy.
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| 'Wish it wouldn't have happened': True |
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'Not crazy like that': True |
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Tyson, who said was embarrassed after taking a swing at a Lewis bodyguard and yelling profanities at someone who suggested he be put in a straitjacket, most likely regrets missing out on a $20 million payday.
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Isn't being crazy a prerequisite for being a professional boxer?
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| 'You don't know me': True |
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'Lennox is a coward': True |
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Tyson told commissioner Amy Ayoub that she doesn't know him after she told him that she did not consider the boxer,
who has made over $200 million in his career, a victim.
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While on his way to a waiting limousine in the parking lot -- after leaving the hearing before the panel announced his decision -- Tyson called Lennox Lewis a coward.
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