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When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty.

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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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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 wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
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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.
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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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Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.
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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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They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
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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.
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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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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.
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I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter.
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