Sugar Ray Leonard Quotes

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• I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
• 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.
• You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.
• I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.
• Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
• I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.
• It is wonderful. It truly is. It is the only thing that is real! It's you against me, it's challenging another guy's manhood. With gloves.…
• They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.
• I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say,…
• I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter.
• 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…
• Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the…
• Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are
• Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable
• I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself
• I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end
• It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it
• I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it
• If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues
• You just don't heal that easy unless you're young

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