Mike Tyson may honestly be my favorite person in the world. Case in point: the amazing press conference he held last week after making amends with Teddy Atlas. As far as context, Teddy Atlas was a key assistant to Tyson’s trainer/adopted father Cus D’Amato when Tyson was coming up in the early 80s. In 1983, Atlas and the 16 year old Tyson had an altercation after Tyson allegedly harassed an 11 year old female relative of Atlas’s. Atlas put a .38 caliber handgun to Tyson’s ear and told him that he would kill him if he ever touched any member of his family again. The incident led to Atlas’ dismissal from the Catskill Boxing Club, and he was told he was no longer welcome in D’Amato’s home or around any of his adopted children. Cut to 30 years later and a ringside meeting. Talk about a “no spin zone”, ht BJ:
Click here to watch the equally jawdropping follow-up interview. And for more on Step 9 via Seinfeld and our own Grace in Addiction, go here.
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This is my favorite video I’ve seen in a long, long time
You don’t have to put another post up for the rest of the year Dave! Amazing stuff!
Self-awareness and sobriety when you are Mike Tyson and you have brain damage can’t be easy. But this is actually pretty incredible to watch. And when he looks awed at the fact that he’s been sober for 6 days, that’s saying something, because people with brain damage have very little impulse control.
However, when I hear him mention all the *guys* he’s wronged and talk about needing forgiveness, I can’t help but wonder how deep he’s going to have to go before he can ask for forgiveness from the girls and women he has wronged. This line comes to mind: “…and miles to go before I sleep…”