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Without boxing, because of my...

Without boxing, because of my neighborhoods, who knows what would have happened to me. It was always about following the leader. And I definitely was not a leader. Boxing gave me discipline; a sense of self. It made me more outspoken. It gave me more confidence.

Sugar Ray Leonard 109 quotes

No one but myself thought I c...

No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran.

Sugar Ray Leonard 109 quotes

I'll think, If this is his fi...

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 109 quotes

I wanted to be like Bruce Jen...

I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.

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For some reason, I was drawn ...

For some reason, I was drawn towards boxing. Or maybe boxing drew me towards it - because once I put those gloves on, after about six months, boxing was my life.

Sugar Ray Leonard 109 quotes

Success is attaining your dre...

Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.

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I learned to run backwards fr...

I learned to run backwards from Muhammad Ali. He told me about running backwards because you try to imitate everything you do in the ring, so sometimes you back up. So you have to train your legs to go backwards.

Sugar Ray Leonard 109 quotes

I was not from a middle-class...

I was not from a middle-class family at all. I did not have middle-class possessions and what have you. But I had middle-class parents who gave me what was needed to survive in society.

Sugar Ray Leonard 109 quotes

We're all given some sort of ...

We're all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.

Sugar Ray Leonard 109 quotes

Before the start of the '76 O...

Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five.

Sugar Ray Leonard 109 quotes

I fought tall fighters, short...

I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.

Sugar Ray Leonard 109 quotes

If I hadn't had the talent, t...

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 109 quotes

Muhammad Ali was a god, an id...

Muhammad Ali was a god, an idol and an icon. He was boxing. Any kid that had the opportunity to talk to Ali, to get advice from Muhammad Ali, was privileged. He's always given me time to ask questions, although I was so in awe that I didn't ask questions.

Sugar Ray Leonard 109 quotes

I want my fights to be seen a...

I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end.

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Sugar Ray Robinson was probab...

Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.

Sugar Ray Leonard 109 quotes

I was not athletically inclin...

I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes - basketball, football - but I was kind of a momma's boy. Then one day, my brother Roger encouraged me to go to the boxing gym with him. I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural.

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I made an instant connection ...

I made an instant connection with boxing right away. Boxing became such a part of me. I ate boxing, I slept boxing, I lived boxing. Boxing was a way of expressing myself because I was not that outspoken.

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Boxing is the ultimate challe...

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. On the downside, you meet a lot of really bad people in boxing, at all stages of your career.

Sugar Ray Leonard 109 quotes

I enjoy the school run and be...

I enjoy the school run and being a dad. Boxing will always be with me. I like that.

Sugar Ray Leonard 109 quotes

To be the best, you need to s...

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and just focusing on training.

Sugar Ray Leonard 109 quotes

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