legacy is just another word for ego

2024.11.16
"What type of legacy would you like to leave behind when it's all said and done?"

"Well, I don't know, I don't believe in the word 'legacy'. I just think that's another word for ego.That's just some word everybody grabbed onto. Now it's used every five seconds, it means absolutely nothing to me. I'm just passing through, Imma die, and it's going to be over. Who cares about legacy after that? What a big eg--so Imma die? 'I want people to think I'm this', 'I'm great'...no, we're nothing. We are dead. We're dust. We're absolutely nothing. Our legacy is nothing."

"Well thank you so much for sharing that. That is something that I have not heard before - someone say that as an answer."

"Can you really imagine somebody say I want my legacy to be this when way when I - you're dead. You think someone really wants to think about you? 'I want people to think about me when I'm gone' Who the fuck cares about me when I'm gone."
Young Interviewer and Mike Tyson, via

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