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. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
You get these moments in the ring that live forever. That’s what Muhammad Ali accomplished, and I hope that I have, too. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I was not from a middle-class family at all. I did not have middle-class possessions and what have you. But I had middle-class parents who gave me what was needed to survive in society. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
I always designed my robes and how I would present myself at every fight. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
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. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
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. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
When the trainer talks to the fighter, there’s a connection. You don’t always have to say much. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
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. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
I didn’t excel too highly in school, but I felt that I was moving ahead – and not just in boxing – but in life. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
