American - Athlete | August 4, 1956 -
I've always wanted to fight. I love to fight.
Gerry Cooney
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I don't care about the critics. I took a lot of nonsense. I got stuck with silly labels like 'White Hope.' What about other guys like Tex Cobb - they never had those labels?
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Sometimes you get so frustrated that things aren't working out, you say, 'Let me step away for a while.' But the fire still burns.
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I know I can fight; that's the only thing that matters to me.
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I have a Roman nose. It roams all over my face.
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I saw my brother have an altercation one time. He hit a guy with a left hook to the body and a right hand to the chin. He not only knocked the guy out, but out of wind. That stuck with me. It scared me.
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I had two managers who couldn't stand each other. I had a promoter, Don King, who couldn't get any fights, and I was fighting once a year. I knocked out Norton and then didn't fight for 13 months. Then I fight the heavyweight champion of the world.
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It's like I had two things pulling at me: you want to be a fighter, and you have problems. So I couldn't be a fighter, and I wasn't solving any problems.
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It's tough waking up in the morning and reading derogatory stories about you.
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I always had the hope that Holmes and I would fight again.
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I never fought because of my father. I started to box before he pushed me. It had nothing to do with him.
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My father would never have lost to Holmes.
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