Tyson Page #2

that makes him a coward.

[DOOR CLOSES]

[ALARM CLOCK RINGING]

Sh*t.

CUS:
When two men step into a ring,

one and only one deserves to win.

When you step in the ring,

you gotta know you deserve to win.

You gotta know destiny

owes you victory...

... because you trained harder

than your opponent.

You sparred harder. You ran farther.

You see, you got up earlier.

I know you ain't sleeping.

I know you can hear me.

Always keep your chin

tucked down into your chest.

I don't care if you're running roadwork,

or walking around school...

...or watching TV,

keep that chin tucked down...

...and your eyes looking up and out.

CUS:
One word describes

Rocky Marciano:
Tenacity.

Only 187 pounds,

but to this day...

...he remains the only

undefeated heavyweight champion.

How?

Because he wouldn't imagine

that he could lose.

He would never even allow the concept

of defeat to enter his mind.

Don't watch gloves.

Watch the chest.

You wait for a glove to move,

you're dead.

When the chest flexes, you bob.

CUS:
Joe Louis may have been

quiet on the outside...

...but on the inside,

he was pure rage.

He was a Negro in a white

man's world, and he hated it.

Up and down the street,

CUS:

Staying in constant motion.

Your head ain't never again

where he last seen it.

You give him a target, and by

the time he swings, it ain't there.

And when you move, counter.

Ha! Five to the ribs, huh? Ha! Ha!

- Four-one upstairs. Got it?

- Okay.

All right, here we go.

If you don't get hit, you don't lose.

It's as simple as that.

Once you learn to stay low

and tuck behind your gloves...

...in constant motion, no one's

gonna be able to land nothing.

Lies and deceit. Subterfuge,

that's what we deal in.

Don't ever let anyone

know your real intentions.

CUS:

Champion fighters are champion liars.

Best in the world.

ALI [ON FILM]:
Keep your camera moving

because I'm kind of fast.

[GRUNTING]

Back off of him, just keep boxing.

Who ate my ice cream?

Who ate my ice cream?

Who ate my ice cream, damn it?

[TYSON CRYING]

ATLAS:

Mike.

ROONEY:

What's up?

- Mike's mom passed away.

- Oh, jeez.

CUS:
He's gotta take a bus to Brooklyn.

Drive him into town.

ROONEY:

Sure.

What you gonna do, Mike?

You gonna move back home here?

No, man, I got a home.

[SIREN WAILING IN THE DISTANCE]

[HAMMERING]

Hi, Mike.

- Hey, Jamie.

- What are you doing?

Building a pigeon coop.

I heard about your mom.

ATLAS:

Hey, Mike.

Glad to have you back home.

Jamie.

Okay, Uncle Teddy. I gotta go.

Pigeons, huh?

My old man used to call them

flying rats.

So how was the funeral?

Yeah.

Mike...

Do you know what a professional is?

- Somebody who gets paid to...

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