>> Tucker: MIKE TYSON IS NOT THE SORT OF PERSON THAT WE GENERALLY INTERVIEW. HE'S NOT A POLITICAL FIGURE. HE'S NOT STILL BOXING. WHY DO WE TALK TO HIM? BECAUSE MIKE TYSON HAS SPENT ALMOST 40 YEARS AT THE PINNACLE OF AMERICAN SOCIETY. AND AT THE BOTTOM. HE'S SEEN EVERYTHING. HE'S WHEN TO PRISON. PEOPLE THAT LEAD LIVES LIKE THAT ARE DESTROYED BY THEM. THEY BECOME NUMB AND INCENSABLE. A RARE FEW BECOME WISE AND FASCINATING. AND ABLE TO COMMUNICATE. TYSON IS IN THAT CATEGORY. WE SAT DOWN WITH TYSON AND WE BEGAN BY ASKING HIM WHAT WAS IT LIKE GROWING UP? HERE'S PART OF THAT. >> I'M PROUD OF MY CHILDHOOD. >> Tucker: BUT NO ADVANTAGES? >> YEAH, MY DISADVANTAGE WAS MY ADVANTAGE. >> Tucker: WHAT DO YOU MEAN? >> MY ADVERSITY. INSPIRED ME TO BE MORE THAN WHAT I WAS. >> Tucker: I BELIEVE THAT. SO YOU ARE INSPIRED BY ALI. YOU GO TO A DIFFERENT REFORM SCHOOL. THEY HAVE A FORMER FIGHTER THERE THAT TRAINS YOU IS. THAT THE POINT THAT YOU REALIZE YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS FOR A LIVING? >> YEAH, I CAME THERE. I WAS ON ANOTHER CAMPUS. I DON'T BELIEVE I STABBED SOMEBODY. I HAD AN ALTERCATION. I HAD HANDCUFFS AND ARRESTED. I WAS A MESS. SO WHEN THE GUYS ARE TALKING TO ME BECAUSE THEY SAID YOU'RE NOT A BAD GUY BECAUSE YOU DID THAT. HE SAID WE HAVE EX-FIGHTER. YOU NEED TO MEET HIM. HE WILL GET YOU IN SHAPE. I SAID I SEEN MOHAMMED ALI ONCE. HE SAID I HEARD YOU WANT TO TALK. WHAT DO YOU WANT? I WANT TO BE A FIGHTER. EVERYBODY WANTS TO SEE A FIGHTER. I WENT FROM BEING A NASTY GUY TO BECOMING AN A STUDENT. HE STARTED TRAINING ME. >> Tucker: WAS IT THE DISCIPLINE THAT HE IMPOSED? >> YES. I WANTED TO BE A FIGHTER SO BAD. >> Tucker: IF YOU HADN'T BEEN A PROFESSIONAL BOXER, WHAT WOULD YOU HAVE BECOME? >> THERE'S NO DOUBT. >> Tucker: AT WHAT AGE? >> 13. 14. >> Tucker: AND FOUR YEARS LATER YOU WERE. >> SEVEN YEARS LATER. >> Tucker: SEVEN YEARS LATER. SO WHEN DID YOU MUST CUSTAMADO? >> WHEN I WAS 12. I WAS AT THE FACILITY. THE GUY DROVE ME TO MEET HIM. I WAS A TRUSTEE NOW. I WAS A GOOD KID. I COULD GO TO -- GET OFF CAMPUS AND GO VISIT THEM. >> Tucker: WHAT WAS HE LIKE? >> TOTAL DISCIPLINARIAN. TAKE NO [BLEEP]. THAT'S WHAT I NEED. >> Tucker: NOT A WEAK MAN. >> NO SIGNS OF WEAKNESS. NO SIGNS OF WEAKNESS. IF YOU DIDN'T CONDUCT THE WAY HE DID, YOU'RE NOT ITALIAN. HE'S GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT ITALIAN IS. IF HE THOUGHT LIKE -- ONE OF THOSE GUYS -- WHAT WAS THE PAULY NAME? THE JERSEY SHORE GUYS. THEY'RE NOT ITALIAN. HE WOULD SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IF YOU DON'T KNOW -- ITALIANS CONDUCT THEMSELVES LIKE THIS. HE'S NOT ITALIAN. HE WAS THAT KIND OF GUY. >> Tucker: AMAZING. >> NOTHING PLAYFUL. NOTHING PLAYFUL ABOUT HIM. >> Tucker: AND YOU LIKED THAT. >> I LOVED HIM. SOMEONE CARED ABOUT ME. IF ANYBODY SAID SOMETHING TO ME, I'D PUNCH THEM IN THE FACE, ATTACK THEM. >> Tucker: SO INTERESTING. MOST PEOPLE -- >> HE AIN'T SAYING NOTHING ABOUT ME. HE WOULD ATTACK YOU PHYSICALLY. >> Tucker: WERE YOU EVER AFRAID? >> ALWAYS AFRAID OF HIM. I'M AFRAID OF HIM NOW. TAKE THAT. HE MADE SURE YOU'RE AFRAID OF HIM. >> Tucker: AND YOU LIKED THAT. >> LISTEN, WE WERE ON THE THIRD FLOOR. WE'RE TALKING CRAP? YEAH, TALKING ABOUT GIRLS. HE COME UPSTAIRS. EVERYBODY STOPS TALKING. HE SAID HEY, I HEARD EVERYBODY LAUGHING. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT WAS FUNNY. I WANT TO LAUGH, TOO. NOTHING. WE WERE JUST TALKING. HE WAS ALWAYS ON OUR BACK. IF WE TOLD HIM WE'RE TALKING ABOUT GIRLS, YOU HAVE TO GET GIRLS OFF OF YOUR MIND. HOW CAN YOU BE CHAMPION THINKING ABOUT GIRLS? WE NEVER TOLD HIM. WE WERE UP HERE TALKING. I WANT TO KNOW. YOU GUYS WERE LAUGHING. I WANT TO KNOW. HOW COME YOU STOPPED LAUGHING? WHY? YOU'RE SCARED TO DEATH TO SO I ANYTHING. >> Tucker: BUT YOU WERE LIKE TWICE AS BIG AS HIM. >> THAT DON'T MEAN NOTHING. HE HAD THE SYSTEM OF INTIMIDATION DOWN LIKE A SCIENCE. >> Tucker: REALLY? >> DOWN TO A SCIENCE. >> Tucker: WHAT WERE HIS METHODS? >> NOT TALKING. GUARD LANGUAGE IS LANGUAGE WITHOUT MAKING SOUNDS. YOU UNDERSTAND WHEN HE'S MAD OR NOT. >> Tucker: LOOK AT THAT. >> I'M A LITTLE BOY. SO HAPPY TO BE WITH THIS GUYS. LOOK HOW BIG I AM AT 14. >> Tucker: YOU WERE 14 THERE? >> YEAH. LOOK HOW BIG I AM. >> Tucker: YOU WERE ENORMOUS. >> BABY HUEY. >> Tucker: PARDON MY BAD MEMORY. DID HE LIVE TO SEE YOU BECOME -- >> NO. HE DIED A YEAR BEFORE. LESS THAN A YEAR. >> Tucker: REALLY? >> EIGHT, NINE MONTHS. SOMETHING LIKE THAT. >> Tucker: HE WAS YOUR GUARDIAN? >> YEAH. MY MOTHER SIGNED ME OVER TO HIM BEFORE SHE DIED. >> Tucker: HOW OLD WERE YOU WHEN SHE DIED? >> 16. >> Tucker: 16. HE WASN'T JUST YOUR COACH. HE WAS YOUR MENTOR -- >> YEAH, IF I DIDN'T MAKE IT IN FIGHTING, I STILL HAD TO BE THERE. >> Tucker: DID YOU LIVE WITH HIM? >> YEAH, 13. >> Tucker: YOU LIVED HOUSE? >> YEAH. >> Tucker: THAT'S SO DIFFERENT. >> LISTEN, ANY TIME I SAW A WHITE GUY WITH A JUDGE, A COP, HE WAS A VICTIM. I COME THIS GUY'S HOUSE AND THIS GUY SHOWED ME LOVE. LOVE IS POWERFUL. >> Tucker: ONE OF THE REASONS I WANTED TO INTERVIEW YOU IS BECAUSE YOU'RE THE AUTHOR OF ONE OF MY FAVORITE QUOTES IN ENGLISH. EVERYBODY HAS A PLAN UNTIL THEY GET HIT IN THE FACE. >> 100%, ESPECIALLY NOW, NOBODY FIGHTS. THEY TALK. THEY GET ON YOUTUBE AND START TALKING. SOME PEOPLE ARE NOT MADE FOR HANDLING CRITICISM. THEY JUST NOT MADE FOR IT. SOME PEOPLE GO OFF THE DEEP END WHEN YOU CRITICIZE THEM. THEY CAN'T HANDLE IT. SOME OF THE MOST POWERFUL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD CAN'T HANDLE IT. THEY'RE NOT MATURE ENOUGH TO HANDLE CRITICISM. >> Tucker: HAVE YOU GOTTEN BETTER HANDLING CRITICISM AS YOU'VE GOTTEN OLDER? >> YES. BUT MOSTLY -- YEAH. STILL -- IT CAN GET EVEN BETTER. SOMETIMES I GET IN MY HEAD AND I THINK I'M SOMEBODY. THAT I'M EASILY OFFENDED. WHEN I KNEW I'M NOBODY, I COULD NEVER BE OFFENDED. >> Tucker: IS THAT A DEEP INSIGHT. SOMETIMES I GET IN MY HEAD THAT I'M SOMEBODY AND EASILY OFFENDED AND I REMIND MYSELF THAT I'M NOBODY AND I'M NOT OFFENDED. >> EXACTLY. >> Tucker: IF YOU'RE THAT WELL-KNOWN, PEOPLE ARE SUCKING UP TO YOU, TAKING PICTURES OF YOU. HOW DO YOU REMIND YOURSELF THAT ACTUALLY I'M NOBODY? >> WELL, I DON'T KNOW. GOD DID THIS. I ASKED FOR THIS AND THIS IS WHAT HE GAVE ME. IT'S NOT LIKE SOMEBODY GAVE ME SOMETHING I DIDN'T ACQUIRE. I WANTED THIS LIFE. I PRAYED FOR THIS LIFE AND I RECEIVED IT. >> Tucker: WHEN I THINK I'M SOMEBODY, I'M OFFENDED. WHEN I REMEMBER I'M NOBODY, I'M NOT. THERE'S A LOT MORE IN THAT VEIN. TOMORROW TYSON TALK ABOUT HIS FAITH AND LOVE OF ANIMALS. ONE OF THE MOST REMARKABLE CONVERSATIONS WE'VE EVER HAD. THEN HE DESCRIBES HOW HE FELT ABOUT THE MEN HE FOUGHT IN THE RING OVER THE YEARS. WE'LL GIVE YOU A PREVIEW. I WANTED TO KILL
