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Gerry Cooney

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

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Donna Grant

"Politicians look for interests not people."

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Donna Grant

"When men reject reason, they have no means left for dealing with one another - except brute, physical force."

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Donna Grant

"Experience is in the fingers and the head. The heart is inexperienced."

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Donna Grant

"And they that rule in England, in stately conclaves met, alas, alas for England they have no graves as yet."

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Donna Grant

"I believe the term is 'eminent domain.'Ah, yes. That means 'theft by the government."

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Donna Grant

"There is no single truth in a world ruled by many political parties."

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Donna Grant

"Political or military commentators, like astrologers, can survive almost any mistake, because their more devoted followers do not look to them for an appraisal of the facts but for the stimulation of nationalistic loyalties."

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Donna Grant

"Democracy is good, but it is not good for an uneducated dogmatic society. Often, that society does not know how to choose wisely."

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Donna Grant

"If you have to say or do something controversial, aim so that people will hate that they love it and not love that they hate it."

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Donna Grant

"Majority wins, but majority is not necessarily right and sometimes majority is awfully wrong."

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

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Gerry Cooney
"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."

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

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

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Gerry Cooney
"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."

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Gerry Cooney
"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."

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Gerry Cooney
"I was a left hooker, and I loved hooking. I also really liked to jab and mix it up right away."

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Gerry Cooney
"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."

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Gerry Cooney
"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."

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

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