The Cus D'Amato Mind Quotes

“As Cus said ‘the physical part of boxing is so minor, that most people would never believe it or accept it. Because, in my opinion, the mind and emotion is about 75% of boxing’.”
― Reemus Boxing, The Cus D'Amato Mind: Learn The Simple Secrets That Took Boxers Like Mike Tyson To Greatness

“The ability to do what needs to be done regardless of the pressure and do it with poise, with no reflection of his inner feeling or conflict if it exists, is what makes a professional. It has nothing to do with their knowledge. I’ll show you many amateurs with far superior knowledge and ability than top professionals.”
― Reemus Boxing, The Cus D'Amato Mind: Learn The Simple Secrets That Took Boxers Like Mike Tyson To Greatness

“It is common knowledge but uncommonly practised, that what you think is what you are. A fighter is the sum of his thoughts that occupy his mind on a daily basis. If a fighter decides to actively allow negative thoughts to run rampant in his mind, he will be operating from a negative mental zone.”
― Reemus Boxing, The Cus D'Amato Mind: Learn The Simple Secrets That Took Boxers Like Mike Tyson To Greatness

“When the novice throws punches and nothing happens, and his opponent keeps coming at him, the new fighter becomes panicky. When he gets panicky he wants to quit, but he can’t quit because his whole psychology from the time he’s first been in the streets is to condemn a person who’s yellow. So what does he do? He gets tired.” “This is what happens to fighters in the ring. They get tired. They get tired, because they’re getting afraid. Now that he gets tired, people can’t call him yellow. He’s just too “tired” to go on. But let that same fighter strike back wildly with a visible effect on the opponent and suddenly that tired, exhausted guy becomes a tiger. It’s a psychological fatigue, that’s all it is. But people in boxing don’t understand that.”
― Reemus Boxing, The Cus D'Amato Mind: Learn The Simple Secrets That Took Boxers Like Mike Tyson To Greatness

“Belief in yourself is about having a high sense of self-worth, believing that you are of enough quality to attract positive results. You must know that there is no reason why you shouldn’t be able to get the things that you want out of life, and in the ring.”
― Reemus Boxing, The Cus D'Amato Mind: Learn The Simple Secrets That Took Boxers Like Mike Tyson To Greatness

“It is easier to get up early in the morning for a run when you shift your focus from how you feel about doing it, to understand that it needs to be done regardless of how you feel. Live by the ‘why’ of what you’re doing, as opposed to whether you feel like doing it.”
― Reemus Boxing, The Cus D'Amato Mind: Learn The Simple Secrets That Took Boxers Like Mike Tyson To Greatness

“Cus D’Amato didn’t teach any technical skills to his fighters before he had the chance to speak to them about the mental issues that they would face.”
― Reemus Boxing, The Cus D'Amato Mind: Learn The Simple Secrets That Took Boxers Like Mike Tyson To Greatness

“Throughout your attempt for ring success, you will inevitably achieve this realisation not only hundreds but hopefully thousands of times. And each time this happens, as you gain more positive experiences of proof, you build up more mental qualities that spark off a positive cycle of confidence in your ability to win fights. This confidence will subsequently, of course, lead to you executing more effective actions (such as mastering new techniques and pushing yourself in training), which is imperative for any fighter wishing to gradually transform into a champion. However, it all starts with your mind. The mind is like a limiting cap that will determine what you are able to execute physically.”
― Reemus Boxing, The Cus D'Amato Mind: Learn The Simple Secrets That Took Boxers Like Mike Tyson To Greatness

“When the fighter decides he has the potential to be a great champion, he must understand that this alone isn’t actually enough for him to realise great success. The most important factor that will command results is action, not desire or belief alone. Being a champion means to be a leader and actively take control of your life. A champion isn’t someone who wants and wishes. The wants and wishes are simply the engines, which fuels the mileage of action for years until you get to the destination that was initially so far away. The problem for many fighters who do not realise their potential is that they lack this knowledge that there is a process to becoming a champion, and this process requires great enormous amounts of action.”
― Reemus Boxing, The Cus D'Amato Mind: Learn The Simple Secrets That Took Boxers Like Mike Tyson To Greatness

“Cus would often say, discipline is the ability to ‘do what needs to be done, even when you do not feel like doing it’.”
― Reemus Boxing, The Cus D'Amato Mind: Learn The Simple Secrets That Took Boxers Like Mike Tyson To Greatness

“Boxing is a contest of character and ingenuity. The boxer with more will, determination, desire, and intelligence is always the one who comes out the victor.”
― Reemus Boxing, The Cus D'Amato Mind: Learn The Simple Secrets That Took Boxers Like Mike Tyson To Greatness