Gerry Cooney Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

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

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

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”