Gerry Cooney

The only regret I have in my career, is my managers wanted a big payday, and I wanted four or five more…

— Gerry Cooney

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

— Gerry Cooney

I am a fight fan. I think boxing had its problems and kind of fell away for a while, but it's coming…

— Gerry Cooney

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

— Gerry Cooney

I grew up in a big Irish, Catholic family. My dad was a pretty rough guy. So one of my brothers left…

— Gerry Cooney

If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not…

— Gerry Cooney

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

— Gerry Cooney

With the Klitschkos, though, unless someone comes around, they can stay where they are forever! The heavyweight division is lackluster, and it…

— Gerry Cooney

The way to beat the Klitschkos is to get inside, under the jab, and bang to the body. Do that for two…

— Gerry Cooney

I am involved in minor league baseball. I go around the country speaking to troubled youths, trying to help them understand that…

— Gerry Cooney

Like I say, boxing was on the floor, but it got back up.

— Gerry Cooney

I like the Klitschko boys, I think they're in a class of their own. I like Manny Pacquiao. All the super-middleweights are…

— Gerry Cooney

I was a small kid from Huntington, Long Island. I never imagined that anything like that would happen to me.

— Gerry Cooney

Today I have a great life. I have three kids and a beautiful wife. I play golf every day. I give to…

— Gerry Cooney

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

— Gerry Cooney

Had I had another year, I think I would've beaten [ Harry Carpenter] - and Larry Holmes even said that himself; that…

— Gerry Cooney

All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none.

— Gerry Cooney

Gil Clancy told me to move around for six or seven rounds, but when you're a puncher and you catch someone, you…

— Gerry Cooney

Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really…

— Gerry Cooney

All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is…

— Gerry Cooney

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

— Gerry Cooney

The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to…

— Gerry Cooney

A lot of the athletes moved away from boxing, into UFC - which I think is really crazy, where they elbow to…

— Gerry Cooney

Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.

— Gerry Cooney

Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had…

— Gerry Cooney