Apparently what Mike Tyson actually said in a 1987 interview was, "Everybody has plans until they get hit for the first time". In any case this is still a variant of the common theme of “No plan survives first contact with the enemy”, ascribed variously to von Moltke or von Clausewitz. What bugs me about the Tyson quote, is less about the quote which is undeniably correct in the spirit of the idea it’s meant to convey. But, rather there’s a tendency for people to misuse the quote as ...
