Gil Reyes
Gil Reyes
Gilberto Reyesis a professional boxer...
decision easy fix good pull tough track
In one sense, it was an easy decision to make because you have a good racehorse who is about to pull up injured, so you have to take him off the track and fix him up. But it was tough to have to make it.
fire light
I think this may light the fire again.
coming darkness doctor french hear knew louder open paris truly
Coming back from Paris after the French Open this year, that was darkness, because we truly didn't know what was to come. You hear the whispers, some louder than others: 'Is he finished?' All we knew was that it was not going to be a doctor who said he's finished.
win
I would look over there and say all is well. Win or lose, all is well.
andre hamburger high hot needed
That was a high in all ways. Andre was tested, he was put on the hot plate. ... We just needed to go find a hamburger somewhere.
bad hurt hurts matters
If this didn't hurt so bad, then we probably shouldn't be here. It hurts, it hurts real bad because it matters so much.
andre coming earned feels
It's always been like coming home. Andre feels he has earned his place in this family.
plans
It's just not in our plans yet to retire.
feeling few magic moments
Just for those few magic moments today, this place was rockin', this place was rockin'. The magic was there, the feeling was there.
anyone moment proven proves roger task until work
He has to find a way to go out there and go after Roger a little bit. Until anyone proves differently, Roger's the best. He's proven that and no one has proven otherwise. That's the task at hand. It's the moment you work for.
fact ignored kidding ourselves ready totally
He was ready for the battle, but I think we'd be kidding ourselves if we totally ignored the fact that it's a 35-year-old body.
career certainly depend ending fragile option period pull risky state
We can't depend on the cortisone shots. There was something transitional about that period that cortisone was appropriate. We had to pull him off a career ending state of mind. It's too fragile an option and certainly a risky option.
fact healing luxury matter sad seemed sure
Yes, it sure seemed that way. The sad fact of the matter is that, at 35, we don't really have the luxury of healing time.
agreed help three
We agreed that I'd help him for three months, and that was 16 years ago.