"That’s what people respect, the fact that I wasn’t a chump that laid on his back and gave up." ― Mike Tyson Topic(s): Respect More From Mike Tyson "I’m the biggest fighter in the history of the sport. If you don’t believe it, check the cash register." "I know why they don’t like me because they want the money I have." "I did my time for the rape. I paid my money to Las Vegas. I paid my dues." More In Respect "The owner of the New York Yankees, Mr. George Steinbrenner who I had the greatest respect for, I want to thank him for giving me the opportunity to win that special ring in 1996."― Wade Boggs "Americans have been conditioned to respect newness, whatever it costs them."― John Updike "It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much as for the right."― Henry David Thoreau