Mike Tyson on His Mentality When He Was at his Peak | Joe Rogan

That's my goal to make him happy all the time. When he died, was it weird not having a person like that in your life? It was so, man, it was just, it was emptiness. It was just, and then people who we throw with our friends and that we say we're going to be good to, they just started, when he died, they just started going in for the kill. He just wanted to grasp me for means. What seemed like you and Kevin Rooney had a good combination at the beginning. When he died, when, when Kusta died. Well, listen, we didn't know what we were going to do. They were thinking about getting rid of Kevin or something. I was thinking, I didn't want to be with nobody else. Right. I was comfortable with Kevin and the style and the way we were working. I didn't want to be in no else. I said, no, let's just keep Kevin. Yeah, and Kevin was a great trainer too. Yeah, for me. Very well-respected trainer. Yeah. It was a good relationship, like the way it worked in the beginning it looked like. But then, like all things, you know. Kevin used to train me and then fight, not fighting on his undercard. Oh, really? Yeah. Wow. Wow. And this was all, like, was he training you before, before Kusta died as well? Well, yeah. How many years before Kusta died was he like holding mitts for you? Just a couple. But he knew you well. Yes. He knew the style well. Did he watch fights with you as well? Or were you watching those fights by yourself? We watched the fight. Once we started training with each other, we started watching fights together. Because your style, that was the other thing too, your style, the way you would come out, was so reminiscent of old fighters. When you come out with no socks on, black shoes. That was wild, man. Because my mind was thinking about all about gladiator and being tough and everything. I look at it now, I say, look at that silly little kid. Look at that silly kid think he's tough. I don't think this guy thinks he's tough. Well, you were tough, man. I know what you're saying. I know what you're saying, but you were. When you fought Marvis Fraser on, what is that, ABC Wildcat Sports? Some of those days, ABC had fights. I remember watching that fight going, holy shit. Holy shit. That was like being locked in the ring with a tornado. That was wild days. Yeah, that was a tough kid. That was your peak. That was when it was peak scary. You were coming up and everybody was just terrified. It was just a wild thing to watch, man. To be a part of it, to be you? Yeah, I wanted to make my mentor real happy though. That was my main goal in fighting. It's a powerful goal. Did you ever try to go back and get hypnotized after all that's over, to try to maybe calm down that part of your mind that they turned on? No, I never did. The toll I think helped me out. The toll? Yeah, that stuff would help me out. Did weed help you out at all? Pretty much. But I had to do it every day. I had to do it all the time. If I went to another country and I didn't have my weed, I'd be insane. They would. No weed, I'd be here a couple of days, a week, a month. Get the hell out of here.