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They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
Actor
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Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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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'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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It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.
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I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.
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Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.
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Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
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Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.
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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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My intention was to fight Durán ASAP because I knew Durán's habits. I knew he would indulge himself, he'd gain 40–50 lbs and then sweat it off to make 147.
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I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
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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 always expect unexpected challenges.
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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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Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.
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Spread your love and fly.
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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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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.
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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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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.
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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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