Sugar Ray Leonard

Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I asked my kids, 'Do you know what Papa used to do.' They said, 'You were a boxer, you won the Olympics!'…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

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

I had a drug problem. I'd go to parties, take a leak, and there was cocaine right there. I was 25 when…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

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

The Ricky Hatton that beat Kostya Tszyu in 2005 can beat Floyd Mayweather, he was so focused and in such amazing physical…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

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

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

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

Boxing should focus on pitting champion versus champion - those are the fights that everyone wants to see. The sports also needs…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I learned to run backwards from Muhammad Ali. He told me about running backwards because you try to imitate everything you do…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

To say what I would have been if I wasn't boxing, I don't know why, but I always wanted to be an…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Without boxing, because of my neighborhoods, who knows what would have happened to me. It was always about following the leader. And…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

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

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

I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off.

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Normally, I would run with a group of guys in my camps. A couple of days before the fight, I would run…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

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

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

You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie.

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I run with music all the time. I cannot run without my iPod. I have everything. Teddy Pendergrass. Luther Van Dross. Michael…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself

— Sugar Ray Leonard

For some reason, I was drawn towards boxing. Or maybe boxing drew me towards it - because once I put those gloves…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I was not from a middle-class family at all. I did not have middle-class possessions and what have you. But I had…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

The thing about boxers is that there's respect there. You beat me, and I may not like it, but you know what,…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid; it's my socializing weight.

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I made mistakes, but I'm luckier than most. I've got a successful business, lots of fans who think a lot of me…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

My toughest fight was myself. For me to disclose and let things out was not easy because we don't want to seem…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

For the most part, I think video games do a good job of capturing the essence of boxing. However, I'd like to…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

Fighters display two things. They display confidence, or they display a look that says, 'I'm not sure.'

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I watched Muhammad Ali, how when he would speak, how it was such a thing of beauty. It sounded so wonderful. And…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

I wouldn't change anything because the mistakes and the hurt are as important as all the great fights. They made me who…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

People try to live vicariously through fighters, but it's one-on-one; it's primal. There's no other feeling like it. The problem for me…

— Sugar Ray Leonard

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