Quotes.gg
Home
Tags
Terms and Conditions
Privacy Policy
Imprint
Made by
Last Media
Gerry Cooney
Popular Posts
#Tags
I don't fear Holmes, but I think he's a good fighter. He has a lot of pride. But I wouldn't be fighting him if I feared him. It's going to be a tough fight. People say with all the hoopla out there, I won't be able to handle it. I believe the pressure's on him. I'm just going to do my thing.
- Gerry Cooney
#Fear
#Fight
#Fighting
#Good
#Pride
I see Mike Tyson as too strong for Spinks.
- Gerry Cooney
#I See
#Mike Tyson
#See
#Strong
#Too
I have a Roman nose. It roams all over my face.
- Gerry Cooney
#Face
#Nose
#Over
#Roman
I lost three times in my career. Losing to Holmes I could deal with, because I lost to a true champion.
- Gerry Cooney
#Champion
#Losing
#Lost
#Three
#True
I saw my brother have an altercation one time. He hit a guy with a left hook to the body and a right hand to the chin. He not only knocked the guy out, but out of wind. That stuck with me. It scared me.
- Gerry Cooney
#Body
#Me
#Right
#Time
#Wind
I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away.
- Gerry Cooney
#Away
#Left
#Loved
#Right
#Up
I am seeing all the guys, like Earnie Shavers, Tex Cobb, and Larry Holmes all the time.
- Gerry Cooney
#I Am
#Larry
#Like
#Seeing
#Time
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
#Dad
#Family
#Home
#Time
#Work
I'm easygoing. There's a place and time for everything. When that bell rings, I'm not nice and easy. I'm not meek and passive.
- Gerry Cooney
#Easy
#Everything
#Nice
#Place
#Time
I've just had some bad luck. I've had every injury known to man. I understand how people think, 'How can this be happening all the time to Gerry Cooney?' But it did.
- Gerry Cooney
#Bad
#Luck
#Man
#People
#Time
I believe in myself. I want to be a fighter. I want to be heavyweight champion of the world.
- Gerry Cooney
#Believe
#Champion
#Myself
#Want
#World
It takes a strong person to admit he's got problems. Things are bugging you, you've got to get it out. Life is supposed to be peaches and cream, but it doesn't turn out that way. I sometimes found things confusing and sometimes didn't understand how things can be so difficult.
- Gerry Cooney
#Difficult
#Life
#Person
#Problems
#Way
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.
- Gerry Cooney
#Family
#Fighting
#Life
#Me
#My Life
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
#Man
#Real Man
#Real
#Wait
#Walk
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.
- Gerry Cooney
#Feelings
#Me
#Quality
#Real
#Thoughts
I've had a long, long road with lots of ups and downs. But that's all behind me now.
- Gerry Cooney
#Behind
#Long
#Me
#Road
#Ups And Downs
I've spent most of my life in prison. I was a prisoner of my fear and my low self-esteem.
- Gerry Cooney
#Fear
#Life
#Low
#My Life
#Prison
Am I complicated? Nah, I'm interesting. I just like having a good time.
- Gerry Cooney
#Am
#Good
#Having A Good Time
#Just
#Time
I'm a happy guy. I just want to see people laugh and smile.
- Gerry Cooney
#Happy
#Laugh
#People
#See
#Smile
Boxing gave me a voice to express the anger I felt for where I came from.
- Gerry Cooney
#Anger
#Boxing
#Me
#Voice
#Where
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.
- Gerry Cooney
#Anger
#Fighting
#Good
#Me
#Way
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
#Fighter
#Fighting
#Management
#Moving On
#Sports
Load More
Your experience on this site will be improved by allowing cookies.
Allow cookies