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Sugar Ray Leonard
7 quotes
“I know exactly what it takes to beat this man, but people say, 'Well, Ray, two years of inactivity, you'll be rusty.' No, no. He will eliminate the rust because he is what I want and I am what he wants. And boxing needs that kind of fight.”
Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.”
Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Sugar Ray Leonard, Oct 6, 2006 interview http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20061006/ai_n16774982
“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 (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I had a drug problem. I'd go to parties, take a leak, and there was cocaine right there. I was 25 when it started, rich, famous, and retired.”
Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Duran quit in frustration. People were laughing and he couldn't deal with that.”
Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.”
Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Of all the fighters today, I have to say that Mayweather reminds me most of me," Leonard told Irish boxing writer Brian Doogan in describing the incident. "The kid has every gift and physical attribute, but if he continues to be the kind of person he is, he'll never be one of us. He'll never make it.”
Sugar Ray Leonard (born 1956) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source