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I want to be great, something special.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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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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Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it your career is over.
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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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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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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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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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While each of us faces enormous challenges every day, it's not the sins we commit that will define us, its how we respond to them.
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No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran
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I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
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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.
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I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
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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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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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Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.
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Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.
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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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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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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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I had a drug problem. I'd go to parties, take a leak, and there was cocaine right there. I was 25 when it started, rich, famous, and retired.
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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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