Top 117 Quotes by Gerry Cooney

About Gerry Cooney

These are some quotes by American author Gerry Cooney Athlete, who was born on August 4, 1956.

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

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

Gerry Cooney

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 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.

Gerry Cooney

Winning the Gloves made me believe I was somebody.

Winning the Gloves made me believe I was somebody.

Gerry Cooney

Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh.

Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh.

Gerry Cooney

The past is yesterday. I'm looking forward to tomorrow.

The past is yesterday. I'm looking forward to tomorrow.

Gerry Cooney

The Klitschko boys, they're great fighters, but they're just boring here in America.

The Klitschko boys, they're great fighters, but they're just boring here in America.

Gerry Cooney

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.

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

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

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.

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

When I was 15, I decided to take up the sport seriously, so I went down to the Y.M.C.A. My first day there, this little Italian guy beat my brains out. I decided to quit. Then I realized I really wanted to be a fighter. I worked at it, went back, and that little Italian guy didn't beat me up no more.

Gerry Cooney

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