“I had personal problems. I was spending 50% of my life on my family, 5...” — Gerry Cooney Quote

“I had personal problems. I was spending 50% of my life on my family, 50% on boxing. Neither was getting anywhere. It was killing me. So I had to break away from fighting.”

“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?”

“I want to get me one of those titles.”

“I was lucky. I held on to some of my money. I didn't really know what I wanted to do after boxing. But I found what I wanted to do.”

“I never told my parents that I was doing boxing. They only came to know after I became state champion and my name and picture came in the newspaper.”

“When I first stepped into the boxing gym, I loved it. I knew it was what I was going to do.”