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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.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
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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'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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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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I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
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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'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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No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran
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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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We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head.
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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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Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.
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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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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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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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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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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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Spread your love and fly.
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