Gerry Cooney Quotes

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Gerry Cooney

Profession : Athlete

Birth : August 4, 1956

I'm a happy guy. I just want to see people laugh and smile.

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Boxing was a way to express my anger. All of a sudden, I was expressing anger, and I was good at it. I was like a Jekyll and Hyde. Boxing helped me because I was fighting the anger out. I was knocking guys out.

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I have a Roman nose. It roams all over my face.

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For every athlete, the roar of the crowd goes away, and we have to learn how to turn the page.

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I was embarrassing against Spinks.

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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.

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

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

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I had money, but I still didn't know what to do with my life.

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I'm one crazy, crazy guy.

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Am I complicated? Nah, I'm interesting. I just like having a good time.

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I'm a real person. I have real feelings. I have real thoughts. It's a quality people like about me. They can reach out and touch me. I wouldn't give it up for anything.

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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.

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

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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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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