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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.
Sugar Ray Leonard
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Sugar Ray Leonard
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: May 17
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Wilmington
North Carolina
Ray Charles Leonard
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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 always expect unexpected challenges.
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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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Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.
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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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Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons.
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Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
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I lay around and wonder why you were always there for 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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Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
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Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.
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Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
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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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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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We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head.
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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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