184 Quotes by 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.

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.

When I’m not in training. I’ll walk around the streets at 153, but it’s not solid; it’s my socializing weight.

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

I’m a free agent. I haven’t allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don’t need a promoter.

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.

Although it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that’s it; your career is over.

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

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