Sugar Ray Leonard Quotes
Top 75 wise famous quotes and sayings by Sugar Ray Leonard
Sugar Ray Leonard Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Sugar Ray Leonard on Wise Famous Quotes.
Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.
I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself.
You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie.
Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making.
When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid; it's my socializing weight.
I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter.
Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over.
In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian.
To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.
While each of us faces enormous challenges every day, it's not the sins we commit that will define us, its how we respond to them.
Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.
I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him.
I came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that ice in me.
I had a drug problem. I'd go to parties, take a leak, and there was cocaine right there. I was 25 when it started, rich, famous, and retired.
Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.
I watched Muhammad Ali, how when he would speak, how it was such a thing of beauty. It sounded so wonderful. And I wanted to be like him.
You get these moments in the ring that live forever. That's what Muhammad Ali accomplished, and I hope that I have, too.
Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.
Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive.
When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.
I asked my kids, 'Do you know what Papa used to do.' They said, 'You were a boxer, you won the Olympics!' And that's what they know.
It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.
I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject.
I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped.
I made mistakes, but I'm luckier than most. I've got a successful business, lots of fans who think a lot of me and a family who loves me.
I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. From that moment I became so embedded in boxing. I found a friend in boxing.
Fighters display two things. They display confidence, or they display a look that says, 'I'm not sure.'
I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself.
If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues.
I didn't excel too highly in school, but I felt that I was moving ahead - and not just in boxing - but in life.
I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.