Quote from: Zeke2345 on March 24, 2016, 03:32:18 AM

We all have our faults, try to except them. She is not changing you any more so why fight!

For most of my life I followed the policy of not telling my parents that which I knew they would not agree with, nor bothering to try to change them. And I think they adopted the same attitude about me, when they realized I was going to do everything different or probably from their perspective stupid or "bipolar" or what ever label my relatives wanted to stereotype on my experimentation. If curiousity doesn't kill you, it can make you stronger.

I was going to just leave it alone after deciding to end the call because it was a waste of time, but knowing my mother would then internalize it for weeks as if I was trying to hurt her, I felt compelled to write up something to try to explain to her that I got suckered into it. And when I started to write that email, I couldn't sugar coat and have it retain any relevant meaning. I just had to speak frankly otherwise I would be teaching myself how to make my life a confused doublespeak. At some point a man has to be a man and stop being moved off of his foundation otherwise he will be nothing to himself and this may be reflected in his own actions.

I think the following video by Evander Holyfield is inspirational:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADGDiNUcn14#t=49

Tyson bit Holyfield's ears out of frustration because Evander was employing his head as a third boxing arm. Evander has a very big and strong bone structure in his head and this is one of his assets. Evander conspicuously employed this technique in his second fight against Lennox Lewis:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7a3i1VyUkY#t=243

One thing I like about Tyson is his frankness:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emaVhjK_GKU#t=115

And his bizarre, bipolar mind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emaVhjK_GKU#t=32

Arguably Manny Pacquiao lost his mojo when he become a devout Christian (and this is also apparently destroying his political career when he spoke out against gays).

Here is what I am talking about if you are too young to remember:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoCOg8ZzUfg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4WnPp754Uc

Comparing two 49 year olds:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Rz6j-1hnYU (Tyson 5'10", 71" reach, and 240 lbs)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi2Rev8OgcI (Myself 5'7", 69" reach, and 165 lbs a year ago and with a chronic illness and I've never really trained as a boxer, just messing around AFTER my 2 hour barbell workout)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JByKcv8_uI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1f5yKyb3mYs