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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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Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it.
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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 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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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.
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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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I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
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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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I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.
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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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