When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid; it's my socializing weight.
From Sugar Ray Leonard
Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are.
I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
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.
Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five.
It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.
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.
When we got back to the U.S., I wanted to kiss the ground after seeing what people in other countries are denied or don't have.
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.
Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
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