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" When the trainer talks to the fighter, there's a connection. You don't always have to say much. "
Sugar Ray Leonard
Fighter
Always
You
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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 didn't excel too highly in school, but I felt that I was moving ahead - and not just in boxing - but in life. "
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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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" 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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" 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. "
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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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" 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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" I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner. "
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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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" 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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" 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 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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" No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran. "
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" Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are. "
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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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" 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. "
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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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" They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far. "
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" I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject. "
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" I watched Muhammad Ali, how when he would speak, how it was such a thing of beauty. It sounded so wonderful. And I wanted to be like him. "
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" I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end. "
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" 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. "
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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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