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Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.

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
Inactivity
Boxing
Biggest
Sin
Motivational

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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 lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.
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I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.
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Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
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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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I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself
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Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.
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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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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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I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
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Boxing's a poor man's sport. We can't afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It's kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street.
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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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Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.
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It is wonderful. It truly is. It is the only thing that is real! It's you against me, it's challenging another guy's manhood. With gloves. Words cannot describe that feeling of being a man, of being a gladiator, of being a warrior. It's irreplaceable.
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Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.
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