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" You don't appreciate things until they're gone. For me, I miss my friends; I don't miss boxing, I miss the camaraderie. "
Sugar Ray Leonard
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Boxing
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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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" 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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" Normally, I would run with a group of guys in my camps. A couple of days before the fight, I would run by myself. That was my time to choreograph the fight in my head, so I needed to be myself. "
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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 was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me. "
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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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" When you're a boxer, there is a lot of downtime and long periods of inactivity. "
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" I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it. "
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" I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself. "
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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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" Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing. "
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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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" 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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" Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt. "
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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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" I've done a lot of things in my life that I'm not proud of. "
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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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" 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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" When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid; it's my socializing weight. "
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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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" 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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