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

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
Actor
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Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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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.
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I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
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I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.
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I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter.
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When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty.
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I learned how to sumon, from somewhere deep within, the extra will I didn't know I possessed. Knowing it was there, and could be tapped again, gave me the boost of confidence I would rely on for years to come.
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Boxing's a poor man's sport. We can't afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It's kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street.
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They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
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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.
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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.
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I'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be a boxer because I always felt that football and baseball were too dangerous. I was just such a quiet kid.
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Spread your love and fly.
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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.
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Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.
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