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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
Boxer
Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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While each of us faces enormous challenges every day, it's not the sins we commit that will define us, its how we respond to them.
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I enjoyed [Celebrity Ghost Stories]. I never thought in a million years that I would tell people that I saw a ghost. And I've seen a lot of ghosts.
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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'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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Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.
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I always expect unexpected challenges.
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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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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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I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.
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I want to be great, something special.
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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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Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
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Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.
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I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.
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Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest.
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