Top 117 Quotes by Gerry Cooney

If my son wants a boxing career, I won't stop him, but I definitely won't push him. It's bad for a kid to be pressured.

I just like people. We have a good time together.

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

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

I have this want-to-be-liked thing, but deep down, I had this rage. I was just - I was blinded. I wasn't healthy enough to be able to learn more. I had one mode - to fight.

I was a small kid from Huntington, Long Island. I never imagined that anything like that would happen to me.

What hurt most were the people who came up to me and said they lost $1,000 on me. It just makes you mad.

Sometimes you get so frustrated that things aren't working out, you say, 'Let me step away for a while.' But the fire still burns.

I don't overswing any more. I can throw a punch and be right in position to punch again. No more 'Hail Mary' punches, where it took me five minutes to get back in position.

You can have more than one career, but you only have one family.