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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.

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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I always expect unexpected challenges.
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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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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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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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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 tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. From that moment I became so embedded in boxing. I found a friend in boxing.
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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 fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.
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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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Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
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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 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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I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.
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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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Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.
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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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Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
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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'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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No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran
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