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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 want to be great, something special.
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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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I lay around and wonder why you were always there for 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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