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Teddy Atlas

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

You know, we live in a taboo society where that word to a certain extent is taboo because it invokes weakness. You know, we are just layers of what we saw and learned since we were kids. We all are. We're products of those layers. I learned that on my own through some help. At the end of the day, you know, fear... People will find their way of avoiding that term. So they use the word anxiety.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

They use the word, you know, butterflies, apprehension, you know, a million different words. I find all those other words to be cousins of fear. And fear... Fear causes a lot of things in life. It causes a lot of problems. And it also solves a lot of problems. Without it, we couldn't be great.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

They use the word, you know, butterflies, apprehension, you know, a million different words. I find all those other words to be cousins of fear. And fear... Fear causes a lot of things in life. It causes a lot of problems. And it also solves a lot of problems. Without it, we couldn't be great.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

They use the word, you know, butterflies, apprehension, you know, a million different words. I find all those other words to be cousins of fear. And fear... Fear causes a lot of things in life. It causes a lot of problems. And it also solves a lot of problems. Without it, we couldn't be great.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

If we are great, if we ever have a chance to be great, or at least to aspire to be great.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

If we are great, if we ever have a chance to be great, or at least to aspire to be great.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

If we are great, if we ever have a chance to be great, or at least to aspire to be great.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

Yeah, you couldn't be great without fear because fear allows you to be great. Brave. The most important word for me in this whole conversation, right, neighborhood, would be selfishness. It allows you to be, for a moment, less selfish. One of the things I learned, I guess, partly on my own, everyone thinks my greatest teacher was Cuss. He was a great teacher, mentor.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

Yeah, you couldn't be great without fear because fear allows you to be great. Brave. The most important word for me in this whole conversation, right, neighborhood, would be selfishness. It allows you to be, for a moment, less selfish. One of the things I learned, I guess, partly on my own, everyone thinks my greatest teacher was Cuss. He was a great teacher, mentor.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

Yeah, you couldn't be great without fear because fear allows you to be great. Brave. The most important word for me in this whole conversation, right, neighborhood, would be selfishness. It allows you to be, for a moment, less selfish. One of the things I learned, I guess, partly on my own, everyone thinks my greatest teacher was Cuss. He was a great teacher, mentor.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

My greatest teacher was my father, the one who never talked. And I realized one of the things to be better towards great is if you can submit less than we submit. See, one of the things that I'm afraid of, one of the things I was always quitting in my business, it's kind of not a good thing.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

My greatest teacher was my father, the one who never talked. And I realized one of the things to be better towards great is if you can submit less than we submit. See, one of the things that I'm afraid of, one of the things I was always quitting in my business, it's kind of not a good thing.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

My greatest teacher was my father, the one who never talked. And I realized one of the things to be better towards great is if you can submit less than we submit. See, one of the things that I'm afraid of, one of the things I was always quitting in my business, it's kind of not a good thing.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

Yeah, it hurts more.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

Yeah, it hurts more.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

Yeah, it hurts more.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

Yeah, in the moment. You're right, 100%, because something's hurt for a long time afterwards. And something like regret. Regret is the worst thing in the world because it's a solitary sentence.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

Yeah, in the moment. You're right, 100%, because something's hurt for a long time afterwards. And something like regret. Regret is the worst thing in the world because it's a solitary sentence.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

Yeah, in the moment. You're right, 100%, because something's hurt for a long time afterwards. And something like regret. Regret is the worst thing in the world because it's a solitary sentence.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#406 – Teddy Atlas: Mike Tyson, Cus D’Amato, Boxing, Loyalty, Fear & Greatness

You know, it wasn't easy to accumulate them. It was a little bit hurtful. But so submit less because we submit every day. And if we can get to a place where we submit or compromise ourselves less.