70+ Sugar Ray Leonard Quotes On Crawford, Sugar Ray Robinson And Hotboxin

Sugar Ray Leonard was an American professional boxer, motivational speaker and occasional actor. He was a five-division world champion, who won world titles in the welterweight, light middleweight, and middleweight divisions. He was also the first boxer to earn more than $100 million in purses, and was named "Boxer of the Decade" in the 1980s. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Sugar Ray Leonard on life, love, crawford.

Top 10 Sugar Ray Leonard Quotes

1. You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.
2. 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.
3. I consider myself blessed. I consider you blessed. We've all been blessed with God-given talents. Mine just happens to be beating people up.
4. Inactivity is the biggest sin in boxing.
5. 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.
6. 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.
7. My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great, something special.
8. 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
9. Ali's belief in himself was something I picked up on, and it's become my own philosophy
10. My intention was to fight Durán ASAP because I knew Durán's habits. I knew he would indulge himself, he'd gain 40–50 lbs and then sweat it off to make 147.

Sugar Ray Leonard Short Quotes

• I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.
• Before I fight, I always pray that no one gets hurt.
• Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.
• Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.
• I've always been quiet and kind of shy. I'm sociable, but I would probably migrate to a corner.
• Before the start of the '76 Olympics, I'd had 160 amateur fights. I won 155 and lost five
• Everything you want to know about a fighter is in his eyes. The look in his eyes tells the truth.
• You don't play boxing. You really don't. You play golf, you play tennis, but you don't play boxing.
• Success is attaining your dream while helping others to benefit from that dream materializing.
• I always expect unexpected challenges.

Sugar Ray Leonard Quotes About People

I enjoyed [Celebrity Ghost Stories]. I never thought in a million years that I would tell people that I saw a ghost. And I've seen a lot of ghosts. — Sugar Ray Leonard

We're all endowed with God-given talents. Mine happens to be hitting people in the head. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I learned that I had character defects, that I was allergic to alcohol and drugs, and that I had an obsession with all the bad stuff. But thank God that I woke and that I had good people around me to support me. There's not much more I can say about it. You have to want to be a better person. — Sugar Ray Leonard

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

Sugar Ray Leonard Famous Quotes And Sayings

When I was 15 or 16 and I started climbing up the ladder of success in amateur boxing, a reporter asked me, "What do you want to be?" I think he was expecting me to say, "A champion." I said, "I want to be special." I don't know why I said that, but I didn't just want to be a fighter. I wanted to have an impact with people, particularly kids. — Sugar Ray Leonard

It is wonderful. It truly is. It is the only thing that is real! It's you against me, it's challenging another guy's manhood. With gloves. Words cannot describe that feeling of being a man, of being a gladiator, of being a warrior. It's irreplaceable. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be a boxer because I always felt that football and baseball were too dangerous. I was just such a quiet kid. — Sugar Ray Leonard

When I'm not in training. I'll walk around the streets at 153, but it's not solid; it's my socializing weight. — Sugar Ray Leonard

Boxing's a poor man's sport. We can't afford to play golf or tennis. It is what it is. It's kept so many kids off the street. It kept me off the street. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy knocked me on my can, I couldn't very well say, I slipped. — Sugar Ray Leonard

Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I retired and came back in '97. Woo! I mean, come on! I don't know, man. A six-year layoff? That was crazy! My career was relatively short, whether you look at either its length in years or the number of fights I had. But it was brutal. — Sugar Ray Leonard

The Ricky Hatton that beat Kostya Tszyu in 2005 can beat Floyd Mayweather, he was so focused and in such amazing physical shape that he would have given anybody at that level a tough time. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I'm a free agent. I haven't allowed any promoters to have exclusive options on my fight. I don't need a promoter. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I only wish that I had had the courage and the knowledge to have gotten that out of my system, out of my mind or my heart years earlier. But there is no book, there is no manual to tell you how to deal with sexual abuse. — Sugar Ray Leonard

You just don't heal that easy unless you're young. — Sugar Ray Leonard

My toughest fight was myself. For me to disclose and let things out was not easy because we don't want to seem weak or like we are different, but I learned that it's okay. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I'm not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it. — Sugar Ray Leonard

It's hard to talk about yourself. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself. — Sugar Ray Leonard

While each of us faces enormous challenges every day, it's not the sins we commit that will define us, its how we respond to them. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I learned how to sumon, from somewhere deep within, the extra will I didn't know I possessed. Knowing it was there, and could be tapped again, gave me the boost of confidence I would rely on for years to come. — Sugar Ray Leonard

Aaron Pryor wants to get into the ring with me. He wants to be able to retire, and he will. For health reasons. — Sugar Ray Leonard

This kid [Janks Morton, Jr.] was so special, although he's not a kid anymore, obviously, but he was there from day one of my rise through boxing. You know how the years go by and then, when you stop to reflect, you realize that someone was a part of your whole evolution as an individual? That's what I share with Junior. — Sugar Ray Leonard

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. — Sugar Ray Leonard

Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I lay around and wonder why you were always there for me. — Sugar Ray Leonard

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

I wouldnt 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

Sugar Ray Robinson was probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time. — Sugar Ray Leonard

No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran — Sugar Ray Leonard

Spread your love and fly. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I saw Todd Bridges talk about being abused on Oprah. Something that he said, or an expression that he made that gave me that little boost I needed to be open about it and to talk about it as transparently as I did. When I told my wife, she couldn't believe it. She was petrified, because it's such a no-no, taboo, a hands-off subject. But I'd have to say hearing Todd Bridges on Oprah was my watershed moment. — Sugar Ray Leonard

It was a whole different world, and Montreal was an absolutely beautiful setting unlike anywhere I'd ever been before. So, Montreal in '76 was an encompassing experience I will cherish for the rest of my life. — Sugar Ray Leonard

Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle. — Sugar Ray Leonard

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

I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself — Sugar Ray Leonard

I tried the gloves on, and it just felt so natural. From that moment I became so embedded in boxing. I found a friend in boxing. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me. — Sugar Ray Leonard

A fighter never knows when it's the last bell. He doesn't want to face that. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle and an end — Sugar Ray Leonard

I wanted to be like Bruce Jenner. — Sugar Ray Leonard

The only way for a fighter to get back in shape is to fight his way back. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I remember all the important fights. Vividly. In detail. — Sugar Ray Leonard

To be honest, I don't know. I started one [book] back in 1982 or '83 when I first retired. But I was only 25 or 26 and not ready to write my memoirs. — Sugar Ray Leonard

Generally, the more weight you put on, the less effective you are. — Sugar Ray Leonard

They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off so far. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I want to be great, something special. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I'm not in favor of that [mandating protective headgear ] because we learn as amateurs how to protect ourselves. And that's why there's a third man in the ring, the referee. And that's why there has to be a very strong boxing commission that doesn't allow guys in the ring who don't belong there. — Sugar Ray Leonard

I had a drug problem. I'd go to parties, take a leak, and there was cocaine right there. I was 25 when it started, rich, famous, and retired. — Sugar Ray Leonard

Life Lessons by Sugar Ray Leonard

1. Sugar Ray Leonard taught the importance of hard work and dedication in achieving success. He worked hard to become a champion boxer, and his determination and perseverance paid off.
2. He also taught the importance of resilience and never giving up. Despite suffering a number of defeats throughout his career, he kept going and eventually became one of the greatest boxers of all time.
3. Lastly, he showed the importance of staying humble and gracious in the face of success. He remained humble and gave back to his community, inspiring many others to do the same.