"Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd……" — Sugar Ray Leonard

"Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five"

— Sugar Ray Leonard

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75 Quotes by Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Leonard has 75 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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…
You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can…
I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be…
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…
It is wonderful. It truly is. It is the only thing that is real! It's you against me, it's challenging…
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'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a…
My intention was to fight Durán ASAP because I knew Durán's habits. I knew he would indulge himself, he'd gain…
Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison.…

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More Amateur Quotes

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A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. — Richard Bach
If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur. — Red Adair
I'm a writer. An amateur photographer. An actor. — Ben Affleck
I'll always be grateful to the public of intelligent amateurs. — Paul Cezanne
Artistic temperament is the disease that afflicts amateurs. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
I don't work with inspiration. Inspiration is for amateurs. I just get to work. — Chuck Close
My dad had been an ardent amateur photographer, and he taught me to compose a photograph from the back to… — Sam Abell
It was to Hofmeister, working as a young man, an amateur and enthusiast, in the early morning hours of summer… — Unknown Author
There should be a dash of the amateur in criticism. For the amateur is a man of enthusiasm who has… — Brooks Atkinson
Professionalism is environmental. Amateurism is anti environmental. Professionalism merges the individual into patterns of total environment. Amateurism seeks the development… — Marshall McLuhan
My amateur interest in astronomy brought out the term "magnitude," which is used for the brightness of a star. — Charles Richet
As a matter of fact, nearly all the greatest work is being, and has always been done, by those who… — Alfred Stieglitz

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