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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • I enjoy the school run and being a dad. Boxing will always be with me. I like that.
    - Sugar Ray Leonard
  • I made the decision to turn pro, and I remember what Ali said to me: 'Get Angelo Dundee. He's the right complexion with the right connection.' He knew boxing. Our relationship was so genuine, so sincere.
    - Sugar Ray Leonard
  • I came from nothing and achieved humungous fame and fortune. But I worked hard. I had discipline and determination. I had that ice in me.
    - 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
  • 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
  • I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger than me.
    - Sugar Ray Leonard
  • 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.
    - Sugar Ray Leonard
  • For some reason, I was drawn towards boxing. Or maybe boxing drew me towards it - because once I put those gloves on, after about six months, boxing was my life.
    - Sugar Ray Leonard