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" Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

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" I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes - basketball, football - but I was kind of a momma's boy. Then one day, my brother Roger encouraged me to go to the boxing gym with him. I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. "

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" When I turned pro, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an area that was empty. "

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" I never met a person as determined as my mother. From working hard for six kids to just trying to keep the household down or maintain my father's discipline, my dad, I'm so much like my father too. My father was so introverted, quiet, shy, nice. I got attributes from my father and mother. "

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" You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

" I fought tall fighters, short fighters, strong fighters, slow fighters, sluggers and boxers. It was either learn or get knocked off. "

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" When I was fighting, I would look to excite the crowds with a bolo punch or something taunting. Looking back, they were legal - but not sportsmanlike. I don't recommend another boxer try them. But we looked more to make the robot fights dramatic first and realistic second. "

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" Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport. "

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" People try to live vicariously through fighters, but it's one-on-one; it's primal. There's no other feeling like it. The problem for me was accepting it - that nothing compares to being champ. "

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" I always designed my robes and how I would present myself at every fight. "

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" No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

" I run with music all the time. I cannot run without my iPod. I have everything. Teddy Pendergrass. Luther Van Dross. Michael Jackson. Outkast. If an Usher song comes on and it's fast, I go fast. "

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" Boxing should focus on pitting champion versus champion - those are the fights that everyone wants to see. The sports also needs to work on developing new heroes and personalities. I'd like to see more vignettes on fighters, focusing on their lives, goals and stories. Boxers need to be larger than life. "

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. "

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" I made mistakes, but I'm luckier than most. I've got a successful business, lots of fans who think a lot of me and a family who loves me. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

" When the trainer talks to the fighter, there's a connection. You don't always have to say much. "

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. "

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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. "

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" 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. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

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

Sugar Ray Leonard

" Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

" There will always be something about two men in the ring - a mystique because it's pure man-to-man competition. Because of the history boxing has and the tradition it holds, boxing will always have a that mystique. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

" I was not from a middle-class family at all. I did not have middle-class possessions and what have you. But I had middle-class parents who gave me what was needed to survive in society. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

" You get these moments in the ring that live forever. That's what Muhammad Ali accomplished, and I hope that I have, too. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

" When you're a boxer, there is a lot of downtime and long periods of inactivity. "

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. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

" The Olympics meant everything to me. Going through them is like nothing else you will ever experience. For those few weeks, you are in another world. At that point, I couldn't see how there could ever be anything better. "

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. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

" I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped. "

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" For the most part, I think video games do a good job of capturing the essence of boxing. However, I'd like to continue to see them push the realism, emphasizing the skill involved. "

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" Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time. "

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