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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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Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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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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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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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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To be honest, I don't know. I started one [book] back in 1982 or '83 when I first retired. But I was only 25 or 26 and not ready to write my memoirs.
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Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.
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I always expect unexpected challenges.
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I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.
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No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran
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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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Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.
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I'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be a boxer because I always felt that football and baseball were too dangerous. I was just such a quiet kid.
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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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I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself
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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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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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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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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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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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