184 Quotes by Sugar Ray Leonard

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

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.

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

I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We’ve all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.

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

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.

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.

In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian.

While each of us faces enormous challenges every day, it’s not the sins we commit that will define us, its how we respond to them.