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Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I want to be great, something special. I want to be great, something special.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle. Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: We're all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people. We're all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five. Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself. I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I always designed my robes and how I would present myself at every fight. I always designed my robes and how I would present myself at every fight.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie. You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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. 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of. I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Spread your love and fly. Spread your love and fly.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: You just don't heal that easy unless you're young. You just don't heal that easy unless you're young.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid; it's my socializing weight. When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid; it's my socializing weight.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter. I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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. 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I don't hold any regrets whatsoever about my life besides hurting people I loved. I don't hold any regrets whatsoever about my life besides hurting people I loved.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I enjoy the school run and being a dad. Boxing will always be with me. I like that. I enjoy the school run and being a dad. Boxing will always be with me. I like that.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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. 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training. To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I've always been quiet and kind of shy. I'm sociable, but I would probably migrate to a corner. I've always been quiet and kind of shy. I'm sociable, but I would probably migrate to a corner.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: When the trainer talks to the fighter, there's a connection. You don't always have to say much. When the trainer talks to the fighter, there's a connection. You don't always have to say much.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing. Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran. No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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. 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons. Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head. We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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'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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail. I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Everything you want to know about a fighter is in his eyes. The look in his eyes tells the truth. Everything you want to know about a fighter is in his eyes. The look in his eyes tells the truth.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it. I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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 came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that ice in me.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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. 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: A fighter never knows when it's the last bell. He doesn't want to face that. A fighter never knows when it's the last bell. He doesn't want to face that.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win. You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger. Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport. Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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. 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: You get these moments in the ring that live forever. That's what Muhammad Ali accomplished, and I hope that I have, too. You get these moments in the ring that live forever. That's what Muhammad Ali accomplished, and I hope that I have, too.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: It's hard to talk about yourself. It's hard to talk about yourself.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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 is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end. I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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. 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Boxing will always be in my life. Boxing will always be in my life.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out. I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable. Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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. 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: The time to stop is when the other guy hits you more than you hit him. The time to stop is when the other guy hits you more than you hit him.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume. Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities. Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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. 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are. Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it. It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject. I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing. Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct. Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time. Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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. 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: The only way for a fighter to get back in shape is to fight his way back. The only way for a fighter to get back in shape is to fight his way back.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Fighters display two things. They display confidence, or they display a look that says, 'I'm not sure.' Fighters display two things. They display confidence, or they display a look that says, 'I'm not sure.'
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty. When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself. I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt. Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner. I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far. They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I always expect unexpected challenges. Boxing is not an easy sport. I always expect unexpected challenges. Boxing is not an easy sport.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me. I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy. Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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. 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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 didn't excel too highly in school, but I felt that I was moving ahead - and not just in boxing - but in life.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: 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. 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.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I wouldn't change anything because the mistakes and the hurt are as important as all the great fights. They made me who I am today. I wouldn't change anything because the mistakes and the hurt are as important as all the great fights. They made me who I am today.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: When you're a boxer, there is a lot of downtime and long periods of inactivity. When you're a boxer, there is a lot of downtime and long periods of inactivity.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me. I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.
Sugar Ray Leonard quotes: I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off. I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.

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