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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
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Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.
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It was a whole different world, and Montreal was an absolutely beautiful setting unlike anywhere I'd ever been before. So, Montreal in '76 was an encompassing experience I will cherish for the rest of my life.
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It is wonderful. It truly is. It is the only thing that is real! It's you against me, it's challenging another guy's manhood. With gloves. Words cannot describe that feeling of being a man, of being a gladiator, of being a warrior. It's irreplaceable.
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We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head.
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Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five
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It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.
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No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran
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I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.
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Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.
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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.
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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.
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I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
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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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Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.
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Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.
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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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To be honest, I don't know. I started one [book] back in 1982 or '83 when I first retired. But I was only 25 or 26 and not ready to write my memoirs.
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I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself
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