Quote

I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
Actor
Boxer
Professional Boxer
Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
Always
Lays
Friendship
Wonder
Around

More quotes by Sugar Ray Leonard

Image
Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
You don't play boxing. You really don't. You play golf, you play tennis, but you don't play boxing.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid it's my socializing weight.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
The only way for a fighter to get back in shape is to fight his way back.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
Spread your love and fly.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
Image
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
Sugar Ray Leonard