"All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on."

Sports, Management, Boxing, Fighting

21

Create Your Own Wallpaper

Standard

Customized

"All of the sports have a safety net, but boxing is the only sport that has none. So when the fighter is through, he is through. While he was fighting his management was very excited for him, but now that he is done, that management team is moving on."

Exlpore more Sports quotes

"In Jiu Jitsu, we often fall into the trap of simply trying a technique "harder," rather than recognizing that it is a poorly chosen tool for the task at hand."

Chris Matakas, Australian Motivational Speaker

Sports, Practice, Learning, Strategy, Improvement

"Sports for me is: S for Skill, P for Perseverance, O for Optimism, R for Resilience, T for Tenacity, S for Stamina"

Narendra Modi, Indian Leader

Sports, Skill, Perseverance, Optimism

"It's good sportsmanship to not pick up lost golf balls while they are still rolling."

Mark Twain, American Author

Sports, Sportsmanship, Golf, Ethics, Behavior

"The fascination of shooting as a sport depends almost wholly on whether you are at the right or wrong end of the gun."

P. G. Wodehouse, English Writer

Sports, End, Right, Wrong

"You play. You win. You play. You lose. You play."

Jeanette Winterson, British Novelist

Sports, Play

"The American people are sheep. They're comfortable, rich, working. It's like the Romans, they're happy with bread and their spectator sports. The Super Bowl means more to them than any right."

Jack Kevorkian, American Activist

Sports, People, Right

"I enjoyed seven years at Wimbledon and there were high and low points."

Kenny Cunningham, Irish Athlete

Sports, Years

"I just want to get to the level where I can say that that's my level, just try to play well, get up there."

Jennifer Capriati, American Athlete

Sports, Play, Want

"I share their frustration at times and I get down just like them when we suffer a bad result."

Steven Gerrard, English Athlete

Sports, Frustration, Result

"We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient."

Isaiah Thomas, American Athlete

Sports, Fans, Years

Explore more quotes by Gerry Cooney

"By the time you're 30 years old, you can be on a nowhere street, if you're not careful."

Time

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

Politics

"You take that walk from the dressing room to the ring and that's when the real man comes out. Then you climb up those four stairs and into the ring. Then finally, you can't wait for the bell to ring."

Man

"Muhammad Ali was the kind of guy you either loved or hated, but you wanted to see him. I happen to really love him. He brought boxing to another level and always made you laugh."

Love

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

Career

"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."

Career

"You have a small period of time when you can perfect your career and become good at it. A lot of guys get distracted, which only hurts them. You must stay focused and work very hard at boxing."

Time

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

Time

"I grew up in a big Irish, Catholic family. My dad was a pretty rough guy. So one of my brothers left home when he was 15 and found his way to the gym. It gave me the opportunity to go and spend some time with him and work out in the gym."

Family

"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."

Man