I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. From that moment I became so embedded in boxing. I found… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share 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 Copy Share Image
I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I enjoy the school run and being a dad. Boxing will always be with me. I like that. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I always expect unexpected challenges. Boxing is not an easy sport. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Everything you want to know about a fighter is in his eyes. The look in his eyes tells the truth. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
You get these moments in the ring that live forever. That's what Muhammad Ali accomplished, and I hope that I have, too. — 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
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
Ray Leonard is more the family man, kind of quiet. He's not as outgoing as Sugar Ray Leonard. Sugar Ray Leonard was… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I watched Ali, studied Ali, and I studied Sugar Ray Robinson. I watched them display showmanship. I watched them use pizzazz, personality,… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Muhammad Ali was a god, an idol and an icon. He was boxing. Any kid that had the opportunity to talk to… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I made an instant connection with boxing right away. Boxing became such a part of me. I ate boxing, I slept boxing,… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I wanted to win the gold medal and then go home and further my education in college. I had no intentions whatsoever… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
This kid [Janks Morton, Jr.] was so special, although he's not a kid anymore, obviously, but he was there from day one… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I'm not in favor of that [mandating protective headgear ] because we learn as amateurs how to protect ourselves. And that's why… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes - basketball, football - but… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I'm one of the most optimistic persons in the world. I always believed that - there's another shot, another chance. In boxing,… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
When I was 15 or 16 and I started climbing up the ladder of success in amateur boxing, a reporter asked me,… — 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 is individual, although there's a team concept because you need a great corner, you need a great trainer, you need a… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I always designed my robes and how I would present myself at every fight. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
A fighter never knows when it's the last bell. He doesn't want to face that. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great, something special. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
When you're a boxer, there is a lot of downtime and long periods of inactivity. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Fighters display two things. They display confidence, or they display a look that says, 'I'm not sure.' — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct. — 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
![“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…” quote by Sugar Ray Leonard](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/6c7/sugar-ray-leonard-3228_boxing_this-kid-janks-morton-jr-was-so-special_1451292.png)
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