I always expect unexpected challenges. Boxing is not an easy sport. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Boxing is a sport, but it's also entertainment. I wanted to transcend the sport and be considered just not as a fighter,… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
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… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I was just such a quiet kid. I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Boxing should focus on pitting champion versus champion - those are the fights that everyone wants to see. The sports also needs… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share
I made mistakes, but I'm luckier than most. I've got a successful business, lots of fans who think a lot of me and a… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share
Muhammad Ali was a god, an idol and an icon. He was boxing. Any kid that had the opportunity to talk to Ali, to… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share
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 Copy Share
I don't hold any regrets whatsoever about my life besides hurting people I loved. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share
I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share
I made the decision to turn pro, and I remember what Ali said to me: 'Get Angelo Dundee. He's the right complexion with the… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share
I was not from a middle-class family at all. I did not have middle-class possessions and what have you. But I had middle-class parents… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share
When the trainer talks to the fighter, there's a connection. You don't always have to say much. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share
At 14, I was the most disciplined guy around. I would get up at 5 o'clock in the morning and run five miles, and… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share
Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share
I learned to run backwards from Muhammad Ali. He told me about running backwards because you try to imitate everything you do in the… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share
I asked my kids, 'Do you know what Papa used to do.' They said, 'You were a boxer, you won the Olympics!' And that's… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share
