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" 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. "
Sugar Ray Leonard
Say
Athlete
Difficult
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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 always expect unexpected challenges. Boxing is not an easy sport. "
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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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" I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter. "
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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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" 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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" 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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" Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport. "
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" I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me. "
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" Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities. "
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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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" I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail. "
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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. "
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" 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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" To say what I would have been if I wasn't boxing, I don't know why, but I always wanted to be an x-ray technician or a substitute teacher. Those two occupations always stuck with me, maybe because my substitute teacher didn't give us homework, or because I've always had x-rays of my hands. "
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Me
Teacher
Homework
" You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie. "
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" Ray Leonard is more the family man, kind of quiet. He's not as outgoing as Sugar Ray Leonard. Sugar Ray Leonard was very determined, very focused, very outgoing and very selfish, if you will. There are two different individuals there. "
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Family
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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 always designed my robes and how I would present myself at every fight. "
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Fight
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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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Great
Accomplishment
Win
" No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran. "
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Thought
" 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. "
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" When you're a boxer, there is a lot of downtime and long periods of inactivity. "
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" I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner. "
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" People can do more than they ever believe they can do. Physically, mentally, academically. You have to be pushed. It hurts. But it's worth it, and it's a great thing. "
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" I asked my kids, 'Do you know what Papa used to do.' They said, 'You were a boxer, you won the Olympics!' And that's what they know. "
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" I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of. "
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" You just don't heal that easy unless you're young. "
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" At 14, I was the most disciplined guy around. I would get up at 5 o'clock in the morning and run five miles, and then go to school. Sometimes I would run behind the school bus, and the kids thought I was just crazy. I knew what I wanted. "
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Run
School
" 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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World
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