In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny.… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
I went through real darkness, but the ring was my light. That was the one place I felt safe. I could control… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
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
I didn't excel too highly in school, but I felt that I was moving ahead - and not just in boxing -… — 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
I'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be… — 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 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
Were all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 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 Copy Share Image
I don't hold any regrets whatsoever about my life besides hurting people I loved. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
When the trainer talks to the fighter, there's a connection. You don't always have to say much. — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
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 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… — Sugar Ray Leonard Copy Share Image
