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I never met a person as determined as my mother. From working hard for six kids to just trying to keep the household down or maintain my father's discipline, my dad, I'm so much like my father too. My father was so introverted, quiet, shy, nice. I got attributes from my father and mother. - Sugar Ray Leonard

I don't hold any regrets whatsoever about my life besides hurting people I loved. - Sugar Ray Leonard

Muhammad Ali was a god, an idol and an icon. He was boxing. Any kid that had the opportunity to talk to Ali, to get advice from Muhammad Ali, was privileged. He's always given me time to ask questions, although I was so in awe that I didn't ask questions. - Sugar Ray Leonard

It's hard to talk about yourself. - Sugar Ray Leonard

Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport. - Sugar Ray Leonard

I always expect unexpected challenges. Boxing is not an easy sport. - Sugar Ray Leonard

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 right connection.' He knew boxing. Our relationship was so genuine, so sincere. - 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 to see a knockout in the making. - Sugar Ray Leonard

When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty. - Sugar Ray Leonard

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and just focusing on training. - Sugar Ray Leonard

Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger. - Sugar Ray Leonard

I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of. - Sugar Ray Leonard

When you're a boxer, there is a lot of downtime and long periods of inactivity. - 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 middle-class parents who gave me what was needed to survive in society. - 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 the ring. - Sugar Ray Leonard

When I was fighting, I would look to excite the crowds with a bolo punch or something taunting. Looking back, they were legal - but not sportsmanlike. I don't recommend another boxer try them. But we looked more to make the robot fights dramatic first and realistic second. - Sugar Ray Leonard

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

No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran. - Sugar Ray Leonard

Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy. - 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 x-ray technician or a substitute teacher. Those two occupations always stuck with me, maybe because my substitute teacher didn't give us homework, or because I've always had x-rays of my hands. - 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 continue to see them push the realism, emphasizing the skill involved. - Sugar Ray Leonard

Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are. - 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

Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons. - Sugar Ray Leonard

You just don't heal that easy unless you're young. - Sugar Ray Leonard

I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him. - 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 very well say, I slipped. - 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

Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when you put the gloves on, it's better to give than to receive. - Sugar Ray Leonard

I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me. - 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 was accepting it - that nothing compares to being champ. - 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

I went through real darkness, but the ring was my light. That was the one place I felt safe. I could control what happened in the ring. My heart turned icy. - Sugar Ray Leonard

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 then go to school. Sometimes I would run behind the school bus, and the kids thought I was just crazy. I knew what I wanted. - Sugar Ray Leonard

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

People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It hurts. But it's worth it, and it's a great thing. - Sugar Ray Leonard

I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner. - Sugar Ray Leonard

Joe Frazier was the epitome of a champion. I mean, here is a guy who was total old school, blue collar, who would fight anybody. You know, he didn't tell you he was the best fighter pound for pound. - Sugar Ray Leonard

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training. - Sugar Ray Leonard

Looking back, yes, I made too many comebacks. But each comeback I was 100 percent sure that I would win. I never came back for the money, because I didn't need it. The adulation I was getting anyway in other spheres. But I'm a guy who likes to see how close he can get to the edge of the mountain - that's what makes me tick. - 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 in the ring, so sometimes you back up. So you have to train your legs to go backwards. - Sugar Ray Leonard

I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it. - Sugar Ray Leonard

#I Believe That

Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing. - 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

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities. - 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 kids off the street. It kept me off the street. - Sugar Ray Leonard

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