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July 10, 2022 - Tate Speech - Andrew Tate
06:23
Tate on Success Secrets
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Right.
So I get asked a lot about motivation and people say, take what motivates you.
And I find that extremely... I think that's a stupid question.
What motivates me?
Because I don't want to be a loser.
Like, who wants to be a loser?
I've always wanted to be rich, because I know I deserve to be rich, because I see how many stupid people are rich.
Look at any rapper, and look at any of their interviews, and see how low their IQ is, and these people are millionaires.
We got a special guest in the building, Tekashi69!
I'm the hottest artist in the city.
No, you're not.
So if they're a millionaire, I definitely deserve to be a millionaire.
So I've always had motivation for the same reason I want to be big and strong and rich and I want to be all these things because I'm me.
So I was talking to someone the other day and they said, why are you motivated?
And I said, because I don't want to be a loser.
And they said, yeah, I understand that.
But why are you so uncomfortable with the idea of being average loser?
And you have to push so hard.
So I guess my typical response wasn't enough for him.
Why are you so motivated?
Don't want to be a loser?
Okay, but why don't you want to be a loser?
So I sat there for a little bit and I thought and I thought what is the reason I have always been so driven my entire life?
And it's obviously to do with my upbringing, but it's like, what element of my upbringing made me into such a militant individual?
What made me so brilliant?
From a young age, I was a professional chess player, and then I became a professional kickboxer, and then I became a multimillionaire businessman, blah, blah, blah.
Why have I always pushed so hard?
And I think one of the key elements to it is because I was always extremely proud of my last name, Tate.
And the reason for that is, in the environment I grew up around, whenever the name Tate was said, people put respect on the name.
So when I used to go to professional chess tournaments with my father, who was one of the best chess players in the world, people would say, oh shit, Tate's here.
Oh man, Tate's here.
Oh, who's got Tate?
Who's playing Tate?
Everyone was scared.
The name invoked fear.
The name invoked respect.
Automatically, just the name, Tate.
Every time something was happening to me that was difficult or I had a challenge ahead of me, etc, etc, I was motivated with my own last name.
So it's like, oh, dad, I'm worried about this, or mom, I'm scared about this.
And they say, yeah, but you're a Tate.
It's like, oh, yeah, I am scared, but I am a Tate.
So it's okay, because I'm a Tate.
Even now, even as successful as I am, most people would look and go, oh, look at my child, they've done this, they've done this, they've done this.
I guarantee as a child, I outperformed any of you as children.
And I guarantee if you have children, I outperformed your child.
This is the reality of it.
I was moved up three grades in school.
I had one of the highest SAT scores in history.
I was a chess champion age five, blah, blah, blah, blah.
I was the state chess champion.
In the under 16 year olds at age 5.
The youngest in history.
In fact, I remember being 5 years old and playing a whole bunch of 10 year olds.
There was 4 of them on a team against me.
I remember sitting there and whooping them all.
So, uh, I was a genius.
Child genius.
Adult genius.
Whatever, whatever.
But I was never told, oh wow, you're so smart.
For me, it was just normal.
They're like, yeah, you're a Tate.
Oh, they moved me up three grades in school.
Well, duh, you're a Tate.
Of course.
What the fuck else are they gonna do?
So for me, achieving things was always very, very normal.
And it was always very, very easy in my mind.
It was always just like, well, duh, of course, I achieve things.
Of course, I'll be world champion.
Of course, I'll be a millionaire.
Of course, I can do anything I want.
And I've always believed I can do anything I want because I'm a Tate.
And for me, achieving things is very, very easy.
And I was never overtly praised.
And my parents were never surprised by my success.
A lot of parents are very, very surprised by the success of their children.
I'll see it.
They go, he's one of the best in his class.
And I'm like, so?
He's one of the best, so he's not even the best, of a group of 30 random average losers.
He's not top 1% in the world at anything.
And you're so proud of him, and you're going to sit there and go, wow, great job, great job.
And that's why he's never going to become shit.
I'd be embarrassed to have a child which wasn't top 1% in the country.
Let alone his shitty class.
I'd be embarrassed to brag about the things you brag about.
They're bare minimum acceptable standard.
If I had a child and he wasn't one of the best in his class...
You're getting an ass kicking.
That's the bare minimum acceptable standard and you're proud of it?
So, one of the main reasons, I guess, I've always been so motivated, one of the reasons my life is so fantastic, because the truth is, I am one of those individuals that have all.
I was born with a genetic gift.
I'm tall, caramel, sexy as fuck, rich, I can fight, I'm a genius, I've got it all.
And one of the reasons I've taken Such marvelous advantage of my genetic gifts, and used them so beautifully, and exploited them, is because I was always, always understanding that 1.
My name means something, and I have to live up to my name, and I have to succeed, because when people say the name Tate, it needs to mean something.
So just like in the chess halls, when the name Tate was said, now in the kickboxing world, if the name Tate is said, people know it means something.
You guys are here, if you follow me, and you watch my whole life, etc.
etc.
etc.
If anyone else knows who I am, and you say the name Tate, people know.
They know it means something, and I've made it mean something. 1.
And two, because my successors were always seen as absolutely not really normal.
And it was absolutely not really normal for me to succeed beyond all measurable doubt, beyond any expectations.
The average expectations put on the average child, or the average person, or the average man, I have always blown out of the water without even trying.
It's just been easy for me, because this is how I've always been as an individual.
So, I guess the moral of the story is, I was raised for success.
And if you're sitting there and you're thinking, oh, I want to be more motivated, I want to be more motivated, you have two things to do.
One, stop being proud of your achievements which are extremely minor.
Oh, look what I did today!
What'd you do?
Is it actually impressive?
Genuinely?
The answer is no.
One.
And I'm saying that as, I mean like, because even me in my life, If I win a kickboxing world title, okay, I'll be proud of myself.
Outside of that, well, I bought a new car, who cares?
All the things you're so happy about, all the things you brag about, it's bullshit things.
It's things everyone does every day and it's not important.
One.
And two, you need to make your name important.
You need to make your name important, you have to find a way to invoke a level of respect on your name.
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