Am I complicated? Nah, I'm interesting. I just like having a good time. Gerry Cooney More Quotes by Gerry Cooney More Quotes From Gerry Cooney 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 teamsportsmoving All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. Gerry Cooney safetyboxingsports Gil Clancy told me to move around for six or seven rounds, but when you're a puncher and you catch someone, you got after them. And in that fight [with George Foreman in 1999] my timing was off and I got caught. Gerry Cooney sixfightingmoving [Michael Spinks] didn't belong in the same ring as me, but I wasn't taking good care of myself because of drink and he beat me. Gerry Cooney drinkbeatscare Had I had another year, I think I would've beaten [ Harry Carpenter] - and Larry Holmes even said that himself; that if I'd had another year to get ready I'd have beaten him. Me and he are good friends today though, and that fight was a great moment for me. I lost, but then I had to move on and get on with my life. Gerry Cooney good-friendfightingmoving The way to beat the Klitschkos is to get inside, under the jab, and bang to the body. Do that for two or three or four rounds and then the hands will come down and then you turn them over. It's like chopping a tree down. These guys try to headhunt when they fight them and that won't work. But you back them up, the younger brother especially, and he loses heart. Gerry Cooney fightingbrotherheart I got messed up between my fight with Ken Norton and my fight with Larry Holmes; I got messed up with alcohol. I needed at least a year more experience, with three or four more fights before I fought Holmes. But I couldn't get any fights. Don King had all the contenders, and unless I signed myself over to him, I couldn't get a fight. Gerry Cooney fightingkingsyears With the Klitschkos, though, unless someone comes around, they can stay where they are forever! The heavyweight division is lackluster, and it will be until someone comes along who can test them. Gerry Cooney heavyweightsdivisionforever I am a fight fan. I think boxing had its problems and kind of fell away for a while, but it's coming back strong . Gerry Cooney fightingstrongthinking The past is yesterday. I'm looking forward to tomorrow. Gerry Cooney lookinglooking-forwardtomorrowpast I've had a long, long road with lots of ups and downs. But that's all behind me now. Gerry Cooney roadups-and-downsmelong Boxing gave me a voice to express the anger I felt for where I came from. Gerry Cooney meboxingangervoice I'm a happy guy. I just want to see people laugh and smile. Gerry Cooney laughsmilehappypeople 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 placeniceeasytime I spent a lot of time dwelling on yesterday, and it did me no good. Gerry Cooney goodmeyesterdaytime I've spent most of my life in prison. I was a prisoner of my fear and my low self-esteem. Gerry Cooney my-lifeprisonfearlife Winning the Gloves made me believe I was somebody. Gerry Cooney somebodymewinningbelieve I really don't care who I fight. Gerry Cooney dont-carefightwhocare Every Saturday and Sunday, when the other guys were out having a good time at the mall, I was at home working in the garden. Gerry Cooney goodhaving-a-good-timehometime You go through pain. You feel uncomfortable, uncomfortable, uncomfortable until you change. I acquired a different outlook. Gerry Cooney feelyoupainchange
