Gerry Cooney Quotes

• Boxing was not the sport that I thought is was due to all the politics.

  Gerry Cooney

  Topics in Politics

  Tags in Boxing

• 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

  Topics in Mistake

  Tags in Boxer, Fight

• You take that walk from the dressing room to the ring and that’s when the real man comes out. Then you climb up those four stairs and into the ring. Then finally, you can’t wait for the bell to ring.

  Gerry Cooney

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Boxer, Dressing, Room

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Professional, Boxer

• Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.

  Gerry Cooney

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in True, Fighter

• If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not part of the Don King top heavyweights, so I was kind of kept out. His guys were getting three to four fights a year and I could only get one.

  Gerry Cooney

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Boxing, Career

• By the time you’re 30 years old, you can be on a nowhere street, if you’re not careful.

  Gerry Cooney

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Yourself, Careful

• I am involved in minor league baseball. I go around the country speaking to troubled youths, trying to help them understand that whatever path they choose, they’ll need to really pay attention to it.

  Gerry Cooney

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Self, Involvement, Baseball

• 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

  Topics in Family, Work

  Tags in Irish, Catholic

• Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had this relationship with Blue Collar America and I really liked it. I felt that lots of those people looked forward to me winning.

  Gerry Cooney

  Topics in America

  Tags in Self, Relationship

• 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

  Topics in Sports

  Tags in Safety

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

  Gerry Cooney

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Imagination

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

  Gerry Cooney

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self -Love, Boxing

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

  Gerry Cooney

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Professional, Boxer

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

  Gerry Cooney

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Boxing, Career

• When that bell rang, I wanted to go out there and do my thing.

  Gerry Cooney

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self

• 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

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Yourself, Career

Gerry Cooney (17)

Birth:	4th August, 1956
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Boxer

About

Gerry Cooney was born in New York City, New York, USA. He is a retired American professional heavyweight boxer. Fighting as an amateur, he won international tournaments in England, Wales, and Scotland, as well as the New York Golden Gloves titles. He won two New York Golden Gloves Championships, the 1973 160-lb Sub-Novice Championship and the 1976 Heavyweight Open Championship. He compiled a professional record of 28 wins and 3 losses, with 24 knockouts. He is ranked number 53 on The Ring's list of "100 Greatest Punchers of All Time".

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