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Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.

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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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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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I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.
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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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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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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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Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.
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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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I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.
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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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Spread your love and fly.
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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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Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.
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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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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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Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five
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I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
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I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.
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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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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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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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