Sugar Ray Leonard Quotes & Sayings (Page 3)

“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.”

“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.”

“Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom. I had a good resume.”

“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.”

“Fighters display two things. They display confidence, or they display a look that says, 'I'm not sure.'”

“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.”

“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.”

“I've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject.”

“When the trainer talks to the fighter, there's a connection. You don't always have to say much.”

“When you're a boxer, there is a lot of downtime and long periods of inactivity.”