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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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" 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. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

You

Champion

Fight

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

" Fighters display two things. They display confidence, or they display a look that says, 'I'm not sure.' "

" In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and felt my hair. It really was funny. I wish I had understood Italian. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

Italy

Wish

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Sugar Ray Leonard

Life

Just

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" I wouldn't change anything because the mistakes and the hurt are as important as all the great fights. They made me who I am today. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

I Am

Mistakes

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

" You just don't heal that easy unless you're young. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

" I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

Bruce

Wanted

" Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail. "

" Boxing will always be in my life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

Sugar Ray Leonard

Teacher

Homework