Sugar Ray Leonard Quotes - Page 2

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• 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 it off to make 147.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Fighting, Sweat, Gains

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• 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

  Motivational, Athlete, Things In Life

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

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  Able, Muhammad, Empty

  FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Mar 12, 2014

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• 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

  Sports, Artist, Boxing

  FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Feb 18, 2015

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

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports, Boxing, Killers

  Twitter post from May 21, 2013

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• 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. Words cannot describe that feeling of being a man, of being a gladiator, of being a warrior. It's irreplaceable.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Real, Warrior, Men

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• 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

  Motivational, Sports, Boxing

  FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Jul 17, 2015

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

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports, Weight, Fighter

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• I saw Todd Bridges talk about being abused on Oprah. Something that he said, or an expression that he made that gave me that little boost I needed to be open about it and to talk about it as transparently as I did. When I told my wife, she couldn't believe it. She was petrified, because it's such a no-no, taboo, a hands-off subject. But I'd have to say hearing Todd Bridges on Oprah was my watershed moment.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Believe, Expression, Hands

  "Sugar Ray Leonard - "The Big Fight" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. From that moment I became so embedded in boxing. I found a friend in boxing.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Boxing, Gloves, Moments

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• I want to be great, something special.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Special, Want, Something Special

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

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Long, Outspoken, Range

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

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Strong, Boxers, Fighter

  FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Apr 20, 2015

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• Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports, Philosophy, Believe

  FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Aug 26, 2013

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• I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports, Brother, Squares

  "Sugar Ray Leonard Interview REAL STEEL". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 6, 2011.

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• I'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be a boxer because I always felt that football and baseball were too dangerous. I was just such a quiet kid.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Baseball, Football, Mother

  "Sugar Ray Leonard Interview REAL STEEL". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 6, 2011.

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• 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

  Sports, Training, Weight

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• This kid [Janks Morton, Jr.] was so special, although he's not a kid anymore, obviously, but he was there from day one of my rise through boxing. You know how the years go by and then, when you stop to reflect, you realize that someone was a part of your whole evolution as an individual? That's what I share with Junior.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Kids, Years, Boxing

  "Sugar Ray Leonard - "The Big Fight" Interview". Interview with Kam Williams, aalbc.com.

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• 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

  Able, Want, Fighter

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Success, Sports, Perseverance

  FaceBook post by SUGAR RAY LEONARD from Oct 23, 2013

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• I've always been quiet and kind of shy. I'm sociable, but I would probably migrate to a corner.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Shy, Quiet, Kind

  "Sugar Ray Leonard Interview Real Steel". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. October 6, 2011.

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• A fighter never knows when it's the last bell. He doesn't want to face that.

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  Faces, Bells, Want

  Twitter post from Jul 29, 2015

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• 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

  Sports, Kids, Golf

  Interview with Kam Williams, www.kamwilliams.com. July 16, 2012.

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• I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.

  Sugar Ray Leonard

  Sports, Hurt, Thinking

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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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

  Sports, Religious, Believe

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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