Top 117 Quotes by Gerry Cooney

I never fought because of my father. I started to box before he pushed me. It had nothing to do with him.

My father was one tough man.

I want to get me one of those titles.

It's great playing a sport where you don't get hit in the head.

I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.

I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away.

My father would never have lost to Holmes.

I had personal problems. I was spending 50% of my life on my family, 50% on boxing. Neither was getting anywhere. It was killing me. So I had to break away from fighting.

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.

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