55 Gerry Cooney Quotes for You to Enjoy

Gerry Cooney

American Athlete

Born: Aug 4, 1956

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You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing. Gerry Cooney

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Too many fighters stay in the game for too long. They stay because it's awfully hard to walk away from the roar of the crowd. Really hard. You live for that and so you stay too long. And you might have a wife and kids to feed. So you keep fighting because you don't know how to do anything else. Gerry Cooney

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Anytime somebody climbs up those steps into the ring, they have a heart. Gerry Cooney

Heart Somebody Those Ring Steps Climbs Up Anytime

Boxing gave me a voice to express the anger I felt for where I came from. Gerry Cooney

Me Anger Gave Voice Felt Boxing Came Where Express

I'm easygoing. There's a place and time for everything. When that bell rings, I'm not nice and easy. I'm not meek and passive. Gerry Cooney

Time Nice Meek Everything Easy Rings Easygoing Passive Place Bell

I spent a lot of time dwelling on yesterday, and it did me no good. Gerry Cooney

Time Good Me Yesterday Spent Lot Did Dwelling

I've spent most of my life in prison. I was a prisoner of my fear and my low self-esteem. Gerry Cooney

Life Fear My Life Prison Prisoner Spent Most Self-Esteem Low Low Self-Esteem

I either had to concentrate on fighting, or I had to help my family. I chose my family. I love my mom; I love my family. Gerry Cooney

Love Mom Family Fighting Had Concentrate Either Help Chose

By the time you're 30 years old, you can be on a nowhere street, if you're not careful. Gerry Cooney

Time You Old Years Nowhere Street By The Time Careful

All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on. Gerry Cooney

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I grew up in a big Irish, Catholic family. My dad was a pretty rough guy. So one of my brothers left home when he was 15 and found his way to the gym. It gave me the opportunity to go and spend some time with him and work out in the gym. Gerry Cooney

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I am seeing all the guys, like Earnie Shavers, Tex Cobb, and Larry Holmes all the time. Gerry Cooney

Time Seeing Guys Like Am Tex Holmes Larry

The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to fight one of King's guys I would be signed to him. I chose not to do that. In hindsight, that might have been a mistake. Gerry Cooney

I feel very blessed. Gerry Cooney

Blessed Feel Very

When somebody used to compliment me, I'd spend 10 minutes trying to talk them out of it. Gerry Cooney

Me Somebody Spend Out Compliment Minutes Talk Trying Them Used

It takes a strong person to admit he's got problems. Things are bugging you, you've got to get it out. Life is supposed to be peaches and cream, but it doesn't turn out that way. I sometimes found things confusing and sometimes didn't understand how things can be so difficult. Gerry Cooney

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The road hasn't always been paved for me. People identify with that. Everybody passes through hard times, and I think that's part of my appeal - that I have, too. Gerry Cooney

Me People Think Too Everybody Through Part Road Identify Always Passes Been Times Paved Hard Appeal Hard Times

When I get finished with fighting, I hope they ask the same questions. It's not my purpose to answer them. Boxing is the art of self-defense. I knock 'em out the first chance I get. Gerry Cooney

Hope Art Finished First Self-Defense Fighting Out Purpose Knock Boxing Answer Questions Get Same Them Ask Chance

After every fight, I knock myself down. I start from scratch again. I say, 'I'm not as good as I thought.' It makes you work harder. It makes you push harder. It's more than money. It's more than the title. It's my pride, and it can be scary thinking about it. I could lose. It's scary. Gerry Cooney

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I retired when I was 30, with all my marbles and a few bucks. But a lot of guys leave boxing penniless with no skills. Men in their 30s and early 40s, old for boxing, young in life, but also old in the job market if you're just getting started with no education. These guys need someone in their corner. Gerry Cooney

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We try to tell these guys that the end of a boxing career isn't the end of their lives: it's the beginning of a new one. Gerry Cooney

Try Beginning Tell Guys New Boxing New One End Lives Career

You gotta appreciate every day! Gerry Cooney

Day You Every Day Every Gotta Appreciate

I feel like a pro now. Before I fought Holmes, I felt like a rookie. Gerry Cooney

Before Feel Like Felt Pro Rookie Holmes Fought Now

Just because you don't see someone doesn't mean the love has changed. Gerry Cooney

Love You Changed See Someone Because Just Just Because Mean

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