Quote

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.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
Actor
Boxer
Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
Like
Sport
Fundamentals
Beyond
Sports
Knockout
Public
Knockouts
Making
Bruce
Artist
Boxing
Trying
Fighter

More quotes by Sugar Ray Leonard

Image
Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
I'm not in favor of that [mandating protective headgear ] because we learn as amateurs how to protect ourselves. And that's why there's a third man in the ring, the referee. And that's why there has to be a very strong boxing commission that doesn't allow guys in the ring who don't belong there.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
I always expect unexpected challenges.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
This kid [Janks Morton, Jr.] was so special, although he's not a kid anymore, obviously, but he was there from day one of my rise through boxing. You know how the years go by and then, when you stop to reflect, you realize that someone was a part of your whole evolution as an individual? That's what I share with Junior.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.
Sugar Ray Leonard