“When we first started in Huntington Recreation with John Capobianco, w...” — Gerry Cooney Quote

“When we first started in Huntington Recreation with John Capobianco, we put four kids in the Golden Gloves finals. We didn't even have a ring. We trained at Stimson Junior High School. They give us the gym three nights a week. We used to box in the gym - no ring, just on the gym floor.”

“I always felt I was wounded. That I was no good, a piece of crap, and that I wouldn't amount to anything, because that's what my father always told me. I just felt like I didn't belong anywhere.”

“Am I complicated? Nah, I'm interesting. I just like having a good time.”

“There's no rule that states you must touch gloves before a fight.”

“I used to go to raves, but I was never into the whistles and white gloves.”

“I don't have kids, a mortgage, or a car. That has let me hold out for the jobs I want to do, and to sit in a cold room in the winter with fingerless gloves, writing.”