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> [If you would be just as content winning a local Golden Gloves fight as you would making a pile of money as a professional, then fine, go become a boxer. But if the whole idea is for you to get…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-mcraney/if-you-would-be-just-as-content-winning-a-local-golden-gloves-fight/)

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## More by Gerald McRaney

> [Even though I smoke, just because I'm a dumbass doesn't mean anyone else has to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-mcraney/even-though-i-smoke-just-because-i-m-a-dumbass-doesn-t-mean-anyone/)

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> [I had to think ahead. How much would I really enjoy committing five or seven years to working on this? When you're an unemployed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-mcraney/i-had-to-think-ahead-how-much-would-i-really-enjoy-committing-five-or/)

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> [What I know about Mike Tyson, I see in the boxing ring. As far as all of the gossip stuff that I hear about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-mcraney/what-i-know-about-mike-tyson-i-see-in-the-boxing-ring-as-far-as-all/)

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> [I think everybody ought to be allowed to be engaged in athletics at whatever level the audience will accept.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-mcraney/i-think-everybody-ought-to-be-allowed-to-be-engaged-in-athletics-at/)

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> [In Hollywood you can't even smoke in a bar anymore and yet in the movies they're always showing people smoking. I don't get it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-mcraney/in-hollywood-you-can-t-even-smoke-in-a-bar-anymore-and-yet-in-the/)

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> [Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-mcraney/dad-built-houses-and-when-they-were-sold-he-moved-on-to-a-new-town-so/)

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> [We're one of the forces that causes actors to fasten seat belts before they take off chasing the bad guy in the car... or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-mcraney/we-re-one-of-the-forces-that-causes-actors-to-fasten-seat-belts/)

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> [People don't turn away from an attorney sitting in a wheelchair. If the guy has got the reputation for being the best attorney around,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-mcraney/people-don-t-turn-away-from-an-attorney-sitting-in-a-wheelchair-if/)

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> [If you would be just as content winning a local Golden Gloves fight as you would making a pile of money as a professional,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-mcraney/if-you-would-be-just-as-content-winning-a-local-golden-gloves-fight/)

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> [For the last four or five years, I had been in the position where I didn't have to take a pilot. I took this…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-mcraney/for-the-last-four-or-five-years-i-had-been-in-the-position-where-i/)

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> [The stated mission at the time was simply to use the influence of the entertainment industry to do an accurate portrayal of drug and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-mcraney/the-stated-mission-at-the-time-was-simply-to-use-the-influence-of-the/)

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> [Again, like I said, we're not trying to censor anyone. If you think drugs are cool, fine. Make that movie. We are not going…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gerald-mcraney/again-like-i-said-we-re-not-trying-to-censor-anyone-if-you-think/)

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