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Teddy Atlas

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927 total appearances

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

They're going to be around people. They're going to get fed. They're going to be warm. right? And it's going to be for three days, two, three days, whatever. And it's basically, it's, it's a bridge. So the funny thing is a 10 year old, I, I wanted to, I want to be connected to him. So I, I, I enlisted myself in the job when, when, when he used to drop them off, he would take them, get them in.

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

They're going to be around people. They're going to get fed. They're going to be warm. right? And it's going to be for three days, two, three days, whatever. And it's basically, it's, it's a bridge. So the funny thing is a 10 year old, I, I wanted to, I want to be connected to him. So I, I, I enlisted myself in the job when, when, when he used to drop them off, he would take them, get them in.

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

Right. And, um, And then the thing that I know, again, he didn't say nothing, but you notice things. And if you care enough. You don't notice nothing if you don't care. But if you care, if it's important, you notice. And this guy was important to me. I didn't know what a hero was. No clue. I loved Mickey Mantle. I loved Willie Mays. I loved Muhammad Ali. I...

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

Right. And, um, And then the thing that I know, again, he didn't say nothing, but you notice things. And if you care enough. You don't notice nothing if you don't care. But if you care, if it's important, you notice. And this guy was important to me. I didn't know what a hero was. No clue. I loved Mickey Mantle. I loved Willie Mays. I loved Muhammad Ali. I...

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

Right. And, um, And then the thing that I know, again, he didn't say nothing, but you notice things. And if you care enough. You don't notice nothing if you don't care. But if you care, if it's important, you notice. And this guy was important to me. I didn't know what a hero was. No clue. I loved Mickey Mantle. I loved Willie Mays. I loved Muhammad Ali. I...

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

I never, ever connected in my mind as heroes. Never.

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

I never, ever connected in my mind as heroes. Never.

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

I never, ever connected in my mind as heroes. Never.

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

The word love? One thing that was not allowed. The greatest memory I have my father showing me love was we were down in Florida at an airport and we were, I was born in Miami, don't ask me, I was passing through. And the rest of my family's born in New York, so I was supposed to go back home, right? And I wanted to stay with my mother for whatever reason.

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

The word love? One thing that was not allowed. The greatest memory I have my father showing me love was we were down in Florida at an airport and we were, I was born in Miami, don't ask me, I was passing through. And the rest of my family's born in New York, so I was supposed to go back home, right? And I wanted to stay with my mother for whatever reason.

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

The word love? One thing that was not allowed. The greatest memory I have my father showing me love was we were down in Florida at an airport and we were, I was born in Miami, don't ask me, I was passing through. And the rest of my family's born in New York, so I was supposed to go back home, right? And I wanted to stay with my mother for whatever reason.

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

And so he, you know, he, of course, conceded to it. And he's, okay, you know, whatever. And very quiet. And this is a man who never showed emotion to anyone. I mean, for the most, you know, really. All of a sudden, he just turned and kissed me on the forehead and left. And I was like, that's different.

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

And so he, you know, he, of course, conceded to it. And he's, okay, you know, whatever. And very quiet. And this is a man who never showed emotion to anyone. I mean, for the most, you know, really. All of a sudden, he just turned and kissed me on the forehead and left. And I was like, that's different.

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

And so he, you know, he, of course, conceded to it. And he's, okay, you know, whatever. And very quiet. And this is a man who never showed emotion to anyone. I mean, for the most, you know, really. All of a sudden, he just turned and kissed me on the forehead and left. And I was like, that's different.

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

Yeah, like that's weird.

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

Yeah, like that's weird.

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

Yeah, like that's weird.

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

It made me realize that some of the deals I used to make for God weren't realistic. When I was a kid, I used to make deals for God. Let me die before my father.

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

It made me realize that some of the deals I used to make for God weren't realistic. When I was a kid, I used to make deals for God. Let me die before my father.

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

It made me realize that some of the deals I used to make for God weren't realistic. When I was a kid, I used to make deals for God. Let me die before my father.