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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.
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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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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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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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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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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