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

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 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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" I don't hold any regrets whatsoever about my life besides hurting people I loved. "

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" 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. "

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" Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing. "

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" I was just such a quiet kid. I found boxing when I was 14 years old. I went down to the gym because my brother, who used to beat me up all the time, introduced me to boxing. I found boxing to be a sport that I felt safe in because I controlled what was in those four squares. "

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" The thing about boxers is that there's respect there. You beat me, and I may not like it, but you know what, deep down inside, I respect you. And that's the code of honor. "

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" 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. "

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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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" Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five. "

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" Muhammad Ali was a god, an idol and an icon. He was boxing. Any kid that had the opportunity to talk to Ali, to get advice from Muhammad Ali, was privileged. He's always given me time to ask questions, although I was so in awe that I didn't ask questions. "

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" I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out. "

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" Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy. "

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

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" 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. "

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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 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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" I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of. "

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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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" 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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" Without boxing, because of my neighborhoods, who knows what would have happened to me. It was always about following the leader. And I definitely was not a leader. Boxing gave me discipline; a sense of self. It made me more outspoken. It gave me more confidence. "

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" I always expect unexpected challenges. Boxing is not an easy sport. "

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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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