Gerry Cooney Quotes

I don't fight people for fun.

Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me.

Keep violence in the mind where it belongs.

I used to stay getting in fights.

Fighting is not my life.

People who fly into a rage always make a bad landing.

We cannot get stuck in a cycle of violence which cannot be broken.

Don’t swear; fight!

I was never the person to try and be the centre of attention or to talk a lot. I was always the person who, if you say something, I'd just punch you in your face. For real.

I don't believe in ideal places for a fight.

Fighting angry and fighting mad isn't good.

I really hated fighting people and hurting them, but felt unable to stop.

To be honest with you, most of the times I have fought, there has been a reason.

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

Back when I was maybe 19, guys would go, 'I can kick your butt!' So I had a few showdowns. To my advantage, I learned martial arts, and what you really learn is not to fight.

All of civility depends on being able to contain the rage of individuals.

I just fight in my movies, never in real life.

I was a tough kid. I don't punch people anymore.

Anytime anyone of my friends in my camp, if we argue, we gonna fight for real.

There was one point in time that I wasn't fighting, and I was frustrated and I was getting in trouble.

I'm not a violent person, but I'm a capable person. I'm never looking for a fight. But I'm always ready for one.

I don't think about fights that didn't happen.

My only goal ever in a fight was to go in there and create chaos. Now, I want to control the chaos that hate's created. I want to fight in the right spots.

In my opinion, whenever you get two guys who want to fight each and two guys who want to be in a good fight, you let them fight.