Gerry Cooney

Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had this relationship with Blue Collar America and I really liked it. I felt that lots of those people looked forward to me winning. ”

I am involved in minor league baseball. I go around the country speaking to troubled youths, trying to help them understand that whatever path they choose, they'll need to really pay attention to it. ”

The past is yesterday. I'm looking forward to tomorrow. ”

If my son wants a boxing career, I won't stop him, but I definitely won't push him. It's bad for a kid to be pressured. ”

My career got sidetracked after fighting Holmes. ”

We try to tell these guys that the end of a boxing career isn't the end of their lives: it's the beginning of a new one. ”

If you look at my career, towards the end you will see I was fighting like once a year. I was not part of the Don King top heavyweights, so I was kind of kept out. His guys were getting three to four fights a year and I could only get one. ”

You can have more than one career, but you only have one family. ”

About 99 percent of fighters end up broke. F.I.S.T. helps them turn the page and find new goals. ”

It's like you always think that when you get to a goal, you'll be happy. But then there is always something else that interests you. ”