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We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
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Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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When I was 15 or 16 and I started climbing up the ladder of success in amateur boxing, a reporter asked me, What do you want to be? I think he was expecting me to say, A champion. I said, I want to be special. I don't know why I said that, but I didn't just want to be a fighter. I wanted to have an impact with people, particularly kids
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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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Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.
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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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Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.
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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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I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.
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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'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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Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.
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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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Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
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I always expect unexpected challenges.
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Spread your love and fly.
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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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Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.
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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'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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Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.
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