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I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
Actor
Boxer
Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.
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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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We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head.
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Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.
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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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When I was 15 or 16 and I started climbing up the ladder of success in amateur boxing, a reporter asked me, What do you want to be? I think he was expecting me to say, A champion. I said, I want to be special. I don't know why I said that, but I didn't just want to be a fighter. I wanted to have an impact with people, particularly kids
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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.
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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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They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
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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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Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.
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