Sugar Ray Leonard quotes - page 2

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)

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.

Sugar Ray Leonard

Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.

Sugar Ray Leonard

They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far.

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Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

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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.

Sugar Ray Leonard

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.

Sugar Ray Leonard

I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject.

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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.

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You just don't heal that easy unless you're young.

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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'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

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

I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end.

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

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

Sugar Ray Leonard

It's hard to talk about yourself.

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

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

I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes - basketball, football - but I was kind of a momma's boy. Then one day, my brother Roger encouraged me to go to the boxing gym with him. I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural.

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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)

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 wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.

Sugar Ray Leonard

I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail.

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Occupation: American Boxer
Born: May 17, 1956
Quotes count: 62
Wikipedia: Sugar Ray Leonard

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