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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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I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
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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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They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
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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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Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
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I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.
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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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I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.
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When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid it's my socializing weight.
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Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
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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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Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest.
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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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Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.
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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 learned how to sumon, from somewhere deep within, the extra will I didn't know I possessed. Knowing it was there, and could be tapped again, gave me the boost of confidence I would rely on for years to come.
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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 fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.
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No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran
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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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