Ray Charles Leonard is the full name of a former professional boxer from the United States. He is a motivational speaker as well as an occasional actor. His multiple victories have elevated him to the ranks of the greatest fighters of all time. (Tadalafil) From 1977 until 1997, he fought for 20 years and won numerous world titles, including the lineal championship and the undisputed welterweight belt.
Furthermore, he was a fan of The Fabulous Four, a group of boxers who battled each other during the 1980s. The Ring named him Fighter of the Year in 1979 and 1981, and the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA) named him the same in 1976, 1979, and 1981. Similarly, BoxRec placed him as the 14th most celebrated fighter of all time.
Here. I’ve included a handful of Leonard’s renowned quotations to aid you in every stage of your life.
“There is a connection when the trainer talks to the fighter.
It’s not always necessary to say much.”“Boxing is the final test.”
Nothing compares to the way you put yourself to the test every time you go into the ring.”“In retrospect, I did make too many comebacks.”
But with each comeback, I was certain that I would win.
I never returned for the money because I didn’t require it.
I was already receiving praise in other areas.
But I’m a guy who likes to see how near he can get to the mountain’s edge – that’s what drives me.”“People are capable of far more than they believe.
Physically, psychologically, and academically.
You must be pushed.
It stings.
But it’s worthwhile, and it’s a wonderful thing.”“We locate our opportunity within our dreams and aspirations.”
“I’m one of the world’s most positive people.”
I’ve always thought that there’s always another chance.
I never gave up in boxing.
I tried again and again.
Even when things seemed hopeless, I persisted in my efforts to make something happen in my favor.”“Boxing is the final test.”
Nothing compares to putting yourself to the test as you do every time you go into the ring.
On the negative, in boxing, you meet a lot of truly terrible people at various phases of your career.”
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“You don’t realize how valuable things are until they’re gone.”
I miss my pals more than I miss boxing; I miss the camaraderie.”“I’m very happy to offer my vintage photos and footage.”
I’ll also offer updates on current events as well as success stories from the Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation in the fight against diabetes and childhood obesity.”“Success is achieving your ambition while assisting others in benefiting from that dream’s realization.”
“I am always prepared for unexpected challenges.”
Boxing is a difficult sport.”“I wouldn’t alter anything since mistakes and pain are just as important as great fights.”
They shaped who I am now.”“I’m a competitor and a man with great pride.”
If a person beats me once, he’ll have to do it again to convince me.”“I did not come from a middle-class family.”
I didn’t have any middle-class possessions or anything.
But I had middle-class parents who provided me with the necessities of life.”“It’s difficult to talk about yourself.”
“Holyfield is nothing short of a gentleman, and I believe he is a breath of new air for the sport.”
“You have to spend hours and hours and hours jogging, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights, and focusing on training to be the best.”
“No one believed I could beat fighters like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran except myself.”
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“In general, I believe video games do an excellent job of conveying the essence of boxing.”
However, I’d want to see them continue to enhance the realism while stressing the talent involved.”
Sugar Ray Leonard’s“Muhammad Ali was a god, an idol, and a symbol all rolled into one.”
He was engaged in boxing.
Any child who had the opportunity to speak with Ali and receive advice from Muhammad Ali was fortunate.
He’s always given me time to ask questions, even though I was so taken with him that I didn’t.”
Sugar Ray Leonard’s“Boxing is individual, even though there is a team notion because you need a great corner, a great trainer, a great prep man, all of these things, but it’s more of a Mano a Mano; it’s more you versus me.”
I miss training camp and seeing Dad and Mom cook meals.
It seemed like one giant family.”“Ray Leonard is more of a family man, quiet.”
He isn’t as gregarious as Sugar Ray Leonard.
Sugar Ray Leonard was a determined, motivated, outgoing, and selfish individual.
There are two different people there.”“When I made the choice to turn pro, Ali told me, ‘Get Angelo Dundee.’
He has the appropriate complexion and connection.’
He was well-versed in boxing.
Our friendship was genuine and sincere.”“Boxing will always be a part of my life.”
“Bruce Lee was an artist, and I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport like him.”
I want the general audience to witness a knockout in the making.”“You have to spend hours and hours and hours jogging, hitting the speed bag, doing weights, and just focused on training to be the best.”
“In life, we are all given some kind of expertise.
My specialty is bashing up on people.”“Duran constantly bothers me.
He’s just strange.
Duran and his wife both gave my wife the finger before our first bout.”“When I got professional, Muhammad Ali was laying back, and I was able to fill up an empty spot.”
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“I took up on Ali’s belief in himself, and it’s become my own mentality.”
“I’m unattached.
I have not given any promoters exclusive rights to my bout.
I don’t require a promotion.”“I’ve never believed in tying myself up in a long-term contract, and I’ve been pretty vocal about it.”
“I believe an athlete should be truthful.
I know it’s difficult, but if a guy knocks me on my can, I can’t say I slipped.”“Unless you’re young, you don’t heal that quickly.”
“Aaron Pryor wants to wrestle with me.”
He wishes to retire and intends to do so.
For considerations of health.”“When I’m not in training, that is.”
I’ll go around the streets at 153 pounds, but it’s not a substantial weight; it’s my socializing weight.”“In general, the more weight you gain, the less effective you become.”
“I had a rough introduction to boxing since the guys I fought were much bigger than me.”
“I didn’t particularly enjoy boxing.
When you put the gloves on, it’s better to give than to receive, as with many other things in life.”“I’d had 160 amateur fights before the commencement of the ’76 Olympics.”
“I won 155 games and lost five.”“Becoming a professional is different because you also have to become a businessman, which takes something away from it.”
“I had an Afro in Italy, and a lot of the kids came up to me and felt my hair.”
It was quite amusing.
“I wish I could speak Italian.”“When we returned to the United States, I wanted to kiss the ground after experiencing what individuals in other nations are denied or lack.”
“Winning a gold medal was a tremendous accomplishment, but once they put it on you, that’s it; your career is done.”
“With the exception of Ali, fighters had never been marketable.”
“Boxing was the one profession where I wouldn’t have to start from scratch.”
“I had a strong resume.”“They think I’m obstinate, and my wife agrees, but it’s paid off so far.”
“The networks would not have shown my fights if I hadn’t had the talent.”
Nobody made me; I made myself.
“I did my part.”“I fought tall and small competitors, strong and sluggish fighters, sluggers and boxers.”
It was “learn or be knocked off.”
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“I want my bouts to be viewed as plays with a beginning, middle, and finale.”
“I believe I’ve evolved into one of the best finishers in boxing; if I damage a guy, I usually knock him out.”
“Boxing brings out my aggressive inclination, which isn’t always a killer instinct.”
“I always pray that no one gets wounded before I fight.”
“I’m not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift that I must respect and honor.”
“I’ll think to myself, if this is his first punch, how will the others react?”
That’s the only thing I fear about myself.”“I felt drawn to boxing for some reason.”
Or maybe boxing pulled me to it, since once I put those gloves on, boxing became my life after approximately six months.”“I didn’t do well in school, but I felt like I was progressing – not just in boxing, but in life.”
“I observed Muhammad Ali, how when he spoke, it was a thing of beauty.”
It sounded fantastic.
And I aspired to be just like him.”“I wanted to win the gold medal so that I could return home and continue my study in college.”
I had no desire to become a professional fighter since I had heard terrible stories of previous boxers who made a lot of money but ended up with nothing.
“I didn’t want to be one of them.”“I went through a lot of dark times, but the ring was my light.”
That was the one location where I felt secure.
I had complete control over what happened in the ring.
“My heart froze.”“I aspired to be Bruce Jenner.”
“I rose from obscurity to enormous fame and money.”
But I worked very hard.
I was disciplined and determined.
“I had ice in me.”“Boxing should focus on champion versus champion fights since those are the fights that everyone wants to see.”
Sports must also seek to create new heroes and personalities.
I’d like to see more fighter vignettes that focus on their lives, objectives, and stories.
Boxers must be larger-than-life.”“I was such a quiet kid.”
When I was 14, I discovered boxing.
I went to the gym because my brother, who used to constantly beat me up, had introduced me to boxing.
I found boxing to be a sport in which I felt comfortable because I had control over what was happening in those four squares.”“I don’t know why, but I always wanted to be an x-ray technician or a substitute teacher if I hadn’t been boxing.”
Those two jobs have always resonated with me, whether because my replacement teacher never assigned homework to us or because I’ve always had x-rays of my hands.”“At 14, I was the most disciplined kid in the room.”
I would get up at 5 a.m. and run five miles before heading to school.
I used to run behind the school bus, and the kids thought I was insane.
“I understood exactly what I wanted.”
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“When I was fighting, I would try to enthrall the crowds with a bolo punch or something mocking.”
In retrospect, they were legal – but not sportsmanlike.
I would not advocate that another boxer try them.
However, we focused on making the robot fights theatrical first and realistic second.”“There will always be something mysterious about two men in the ring, because it’s true man-to-man competition.”
Boxing will always have a mystique because of its history and tradition.”“I recall every significant battle.”
Vividly.
In depth.”“It meant everything to me to compete in the Olympics.
Going through them is unlike anything else you will ever do.
You are in another universe for those few weeks.
At the time, I couldn’t see how anything could be better.”“Stop when the other guy punches you harder than you hit him.”
“I was not naturally athletic.”
I was quiet, introverted, and avoided conflict.
My three older brothers were basketball and football players, but I was more of a momma’s boy.
Then one day, my brother Roger invited me to join him at the boxing gym.
“I tried on the gloves, and it felt so natural.”“Probably the greatest pound-for-pound fighter of all time was Sugar Ray Robinson.”
“I’ve never encountered someone more determined than my mum.”
I’m so much like my father, from working hard for six kids to just trying to keep the household together or maintain my father’s discipline.
My father was quite introverted, quiet, shy, and courteous.
I inherited traits from both my father and mother.”“Who knows what might have happened to me if I hadn’t been boxing because of my neighborhoods.”
It was always about adhering to the leader.
And I was certainly not a leader.
Boxing taught me discipline and gave me a feeling of self.
It made me more vocal.
It gave me more self-assurance.”“I watched Ali and studied Ali, as well as Sugar Ray Robinson.”
I watched them put on a show.
I saw how they used their pizzazz, charm, and charisma.
I stole and borrowed things from them because boxing is entertainment.”“Boxing is both a sport and a form of entertainment.”
“I wanted to transcend the sport and be remembered as someone very special, not just a fighter or a champion.”“In my life, I’ve done a lot of things I’m not proud of.”
“There is a lot of downtime and long periods of inactivity when you’re a boxer.”
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“I asked my children, ‘Do you remember what Papa used to do?’
‘You were a boxer, you won the Olympics!’ they exclaimed.
That’s all they know.”“I made mistakes, but I’m more fortunate than most.”
I have a successful business, many fans who think highly of me, and a family who adores me.”“I enjoy going to school and being a father.”
Boxing will always be a part of my life.
That appeals to me.”“Joe Frazier was the ultimate champion.”
I mean, here was a guy who was completely old school, blue collar, and willing to fight anyone.
He never told you he was the best fighter pound for pound.”“My favorite memory of Montreal was waiting under the stadium when those majestic gates opened up inside the Olympic arena.”
It was a completely different world.”“Boxing is a working-class sport.”
We are unable to afford to play golf or tennis.
That’s all there is to it.
It’s kept a lot of kids off the streets.
It kept me out of trouble.”“I have no regrets in my life other than hurting people I cared about.”
“In the ring, you have these moments that last forever.”
That’s what Muhammad Ali accomplished, and I hope I’ve done the same.”“People try to live vicariously through fighters, but it’s one-on-one, primal combat.”
There’s nothing else like it.
For me, the problem was accepting that nothing compares to being champion.”“I used to walk from North L Street Northwest to the Washington Monument.”
And when I was hungry, I would stop and look into the trash cans, and if there was a half-eaten sandwich, I would take it and eat it.
It was simply a matter of life and death.
I didn’t think much of it, but that’s just how things were.”“I immediately felt a connection with boxing.”
Boxing became an integral part of my life.
I ate boxing, slept boxing, and breathed boxing.
Boxing was a way for me to express myself because I wasn’t very outspoken.”“I always designed my robes and how I presented myself at each fight.”
“Fighters exhibit two characteristics.
They either show confidence or a look that says, ‘I’m not sure.’”“The thing about boxers is that they are respected.”
You beat me, and I don’t like it, but you know what? I respect you deep down.
And that is the honor code.”“I go for a run three to four times a week.”
I go to Orange County, California, and I run all of the time… all of the time.
You can see the oceans and the trees.
I enjoy running in the heat.
I enjoy sweating to get all the toxins out of my system.
“I really enjoy it.”“I’m always running with music.”
I can’t go anywhere without my iPod.
Everything is in my possession.
Pendergrass, Teddy
Van Dross, Luther
Jackson, Michael
Outkast.
I go fast if an Usher song comes on and it’s fast.”“Muhammad Ali taught me how to run backwards.”
He told me about running backwards because you try to mimic everything you do in the ring, so you back up sometimes.
As a result, you must train your legs to move backwards.”“Normally, in my camps, I would run with a group of guys.
I would run by myself a few days before the fight.
That was my time to mentally choreograph the fight, so I had to be myself.”
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