184 Quotes by Sugar Ray Leonard

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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.

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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.

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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.

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    To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and just focusing on training.

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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. On the downside, you meet a lot of really bad people in boxing, at all stages of your career.

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    I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself.

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    We're all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.

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