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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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Attaining
Benefit
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Success
Helping
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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's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.
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You don't play boxing. You really don't. You play golf, you play tennis, but you don't play boxing.
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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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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.
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Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger.
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Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.
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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.
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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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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.
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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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I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.
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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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Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
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Spread your love and fly.
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Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
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Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.
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Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.
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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.
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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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