"The bad press came because they thought I should fight more. I couldn't get the fights because if I would sign to fight one of King's guys I would be signed to him. I chose not to do that. In hindsight, that might have been a mistake."

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Gerry Cooney

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“Parents should monitor their behavior, know who their friends are, and keep track of what they do.”
“That's all teaching is; arranging contingencies which bring changes in behavior.”
“It's time we stopped worrying about losing our looks and started celebrating the gifts of age: I feel yummier than ever.”
“I think it enriches you as a scientist to be able to see things in an artistic perspective and as an artist to see things in a scientific perspective.”
“Self-awareness and self-esteem. Those aren't female issues, those are human issues.”
“Wisdom, Niko thought as he leaned his cheek against his long-handled rake, cannot be had without price. And that price is blood. The sound of it in your veins. The pound of it in your head. The volume of it in a human body; the sickness when you've spilled it.”
“If there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing.”
“The thing that drives me crazy is when comics say 'I have low self-esteem.' No you don't. You're standing on stage asking people to pay. You don't play an instrument. You want people to pay to hear what's in your mind. You don't have low self-esteem. You might have other problems.”

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