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. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
I learned to run backwards from Muhammad Ali. He told me about running backwards because you try to imitate everything you do in the ring, so sometimes you back up. So you have to train your legs to go backwards. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
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 Read Quote
Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There’s nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
I am excited to share my archive pictures and footage. I’ll also share announcements about current events and success stories from the Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation to help fight diabetes and child obesity. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran and his wife gave my wife the finger. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
I’m a competitor and a very proud man. If a guy beats me once, he’ll have to do it again to make me believe him. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
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. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
I was not athletically inclined. I was very quiet, introverted, non-confrontational. My three older brothers were athletes – basketball, football – but I was kind of a momma’s boy. Then one day, my brother Roger encouraged me to go to the boxing gym with him. I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. Sugar Ray Leonard Read Quote
