Recently I found a video of his and his philosophy. I was really moved with the way he thought and I wanted to know if you guys have any links on interviews about him. I want to know what Floyd Patterson , and Kevin Rooney said about him. Floyd Patterson, I recall, stated that, Cus found him when his self esteem was very low and turned him into a man with confidence. But yeah, if you guys know of any good videos where People talk about how Cus was, his philisphy, please post them, as I am very interested in his philosophy.
there's a 1970 interview before the first Frazier fight with Cus and Ali. Cus knew his stuff. Not sure this link will work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrWlHDYDkjg
"Cus D'Amato was a physical person like I am. He was impulsive and impetuous like me. If somebody upset him, he would just go after them — even at 75. God, the psychologists would've had a field day with him." -- Michael G. Tyson, philosopher pugilist, June 13, 2005 "Cus was different with me than he was with his other fighters. Cus trained me to be totally ferocious in the ring and out." -- Michael G. Tyson, philosopher pugilist, 2008 "Cus D'Amato would watch me for like, he didn't let me box he would just talk to me for like two or three weeks about fighting and the psychology of fighting and what fighting was truly about. Fighting was nothing physical it was all spiritual and he would say if you don't have the spiritual, spiritual warrior in you, you'll never be a good fighter, I don't care how big and strong you are. He explained that to me." -- Michael G. Tyson, philosopher pugilist, 2008 "He [Cus D'Amato] would be very disappointed if I felt some kind of emotion, compassion for somebody, especially if they were somebody with wealth. He said, 'They don't deserve any feelings. They deserve what they get.' ... He was really strange. That household was all about controlling your feelings." -- Michael G. Tyson, philosopher pugilist, October 2009
Cus was the perfect trainer for Tyson. Cus wanted Kevin Rooney to train Tyson after his death, but Don King got into the picture, lied and cheated Tyson, Tyson went down hill rather quickly after that.
From all that I understand,Cus needed a psychiatrist as much as Tyson did.He was a certified nutter.:nut
I agree. Don King took Tyson down and stole his money. Tyson could have been the best fighter in history if he would have stuck with Rooney and the people that got him where he was.
King deserves blame for letting his fighter get soft. But it was Mike who wanted to take the easy way. King just helped him. It could have been someone else. Mike was happy to be away from the discipline of the Jacobs/Cayton/Rooney camp. I've seen a recent interview where, all these years later, Mike said how happy he was to leave Jacobs and Cayton. "Man, those guys were slavedrivers!" he said.
