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" 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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" 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. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

Feeling

Try

Live

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

Talk

Advice

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" We're all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

Life

Just

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

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

" I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

Boxing

Lot

" Joe Frazier was the epitome of a champion. I mean, here is a guy who was total old school, blue collar, who would fight anybody. You know, he didn't tell you he was the best fighter pound for pound. "

" Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities. "

" I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one has made me; I made myself. I paid my dues. "

" 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. "

" To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and focusing on training. "

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

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

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

" 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. "