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17 quotes by Gerry Cooney

This 2014 contains weasel words: vague phrasing that often accompanies biased or unverifiable information. Such statements should be clarified or removed. (January 2015) Gerry Cooney Statistics Real name Gerry Cooney Nickname(s) Gentleman Gerry / Great White Hope Rated at Heavyweight Height 6 ft 6 in (198 cm) Reach 81 in (206 cm) Nationality American Born (1956-08-04) August 4, 1956 (age 58) Manhattan, New York,...
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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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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... →

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

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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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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... →

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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... →

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

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

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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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