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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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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
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Wilmington
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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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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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They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
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I want to be great, something special.
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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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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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