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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
Actor
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Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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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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Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.
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Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.
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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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The Ricky Hatton that beat Kostya Tszyu in 2005 can beat Floyd Mayweather, he was so focused and in such amazing physical shape that he would have given anybody at that level a tough time.
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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 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 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 want to be great, something special.
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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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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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Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
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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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Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five
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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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To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training.
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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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