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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.

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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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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Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.
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Spread your love and fly.
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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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When I was 15 or 16 and I started climbing up the ladder of success in amateur boxing, a reporter asked me, What do you want to be? I think he was expecting me to say, A champion. I said, I want to be special. I don't know why I said that, but I didn't just want to be a fighter. I wanted to have an impact with people, particularly kids
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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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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 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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I enjoyed [Celebrity Ghost Stories]. I never thought in a million years that I would tell people that I saw a ghost. And I've seen a lot of ghosts.
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I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.
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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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You don't play boxing. You really don't. You play golf, you play tennis, but you don't play boxing.
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When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid it's my socializing weight.
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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.
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Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.
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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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I always expect unexpected challenges.
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Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.
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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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