Quote

Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
Actor
Boxer
Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
Always
Pray
Praying
Gets
Fight
Hurt
Fighting
Feelings

More quotes by Sugar Ray Leonard

Image
Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Spread your love and fly.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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
Image
I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid it's my socializing weight.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
This kid [Janks Morton, Jr.] was so special, although he's not a kid anymore, obviously, but he was there from day one of my rise through boxing. You know how the years go by and then, when you stop to reflect, you realize that someone was a part of your whole evolution as an individual? That's what I share with Junior.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
The only way for a fighter to get back in shape is to fight his way back.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.
Sugar Ray Leonard