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For some reason, I was drawn towards boxing. Or maybe boxing drew me towards it - because once I put those gloves on, after about six months, boxing was my life.

From Sugar Ray Leonard

I didn't excel too highly in school, but I felt that I was moving ahead - and not just in boxing - but in life.

From Sugar Ray Leonard

I watched Muhammad Ali, how when he would speak, how it was such a thing of beauty. It sounded so wonderful. And I wanted to be like him.

From Sugar Ray Leonard

I wanted to win the gold medal and then go home and further my education in college. I had no intentions whatsoever to become a professional fighter because I had heard horror stories about former boxers who made money but, in the end, ended up with nothing. I didn't want to be one of those guys.

From Sugar Ray Leonard

I went through real darkness, but the ring was my light. That was the one place I felt safe. I could control what happened in the ring. My heart turned icy.

From Sugar Ray Leonard

I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner.

From Sugar Ray Leonard

My very best memory of Montreal was the moment inside the Olympic arena when I was waiting under the stadium and those majestic gates opened up. It was a whole other world.

From Sugar Ray Leonard

It's hard to talk about yourself.

From Sugar Ray Leonard

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.

From Sugar Ray Leonard

Looking back, yes, I made too many comebacks. But each comeback I was 100 percent sure that I would win. I never came back for the money, because I didn't need it. The adulation I was getting anyway in other spheres. But I'm a guy who likes to see how close he can get to the edge of the mountain - that's what makes me tick.

From Sugar Ray Leonard

Sugar Ray Leonard

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