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

Sugar Ray Leonard

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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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" I'm one of the most optimistic persons in the world. I always believed that - there's another shot, another chance. In boxing, I never gave up. I kept trying, kept trying. Even when things seemed so dim, I continued to push forward to make something happen in my favor. "

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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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" 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. "

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" The time to stop is when the other guy hits you more than you hit him. "

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" Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume. "

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" I came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that ice in me. "

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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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" Boxing is a sport, but it's also entertainment. I wanted to transcend the sport and be considered just not as a fighter, or a champion, but someone very special. "

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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. "

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" It's hard to talk about yourself. "

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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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" 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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" It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it. "

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" I learned to run backwards from Muhammad Ali. He told me about running backwards because you try to imitate everything you do in the ring, so sometimes you back up. So you have to train your legs to go backwards. "

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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 focusing on training. "

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" Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the public to see a knockout in the making. "

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" I enjoy the school run and being a dad. Boxing will always be with me. I like that. "

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" Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons. "

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" I'm a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he'll have to do it again to make me believe him. "

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" They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far. "

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" I made an instant connection with boxing right away. Boxing became such a part of me. I ate boxing, I slept boxing, I lived boxing. Boxing was a way of expressing myself because I was not that outspoken. "

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" I watched Ali, studied Ali, and I studied Sugar Ray Robinson. I watched them display showmanship. I watched them use pizzazz, personality, and charisma. I took things from them and borrowed things from them because boxing is entertainment. "

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" Boxing is individual, although there's a team concept because you need a great corner, you need a great trainer, you need a great prep man, you need all of these things, but it's more of a Mano a Mano; it's more you versus me. I miss that time in training camp and Dad and Mom cooking meals. It was one big family. "

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" I run three to four times a week. I go down to Orange County in California and I run all the time... all the time. You see the oceans, the trees. I like running in hot weather. I like to sweat and get all those toxins out of my system. I thoroughly enjoy it. "

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" I made the decision to turn pro, and I remember what Ali said to me: 'Get Angelo Dundee. He's the right complexion with the right connection.' He knew boxing. Our relationship was so genuine, so sincere. "

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" I used to walk to the Washington Monument from North L Street Northwest. And I was so hungry at times, I would stop and look into the trash cans, and if there was a half a sandwich, I would take that sandwich and eat it. It was just a matter of survival. I didn't think much of it, but it was just the way things were. "

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

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