List of Sugar Ray Leonard Quotes

Sugar Ray Robinson Was Probably The Greatest Pound-for-pound Fighter Of All Time.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Before I Fight, I Always Pray That No One Gets Hurt.

Except For Ali, Fighters Had Never Been Marketable.

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.

No One But Myself Thought I Could Beat Guys Like Tommy Hearns Or Roberto Duran

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.

Duran Always Disturbs Me. The Guy Is Just Weird. Before Our First Fight, Both Duran And His Wife Gave My Wife The Finger.

I'll Think, If This Is His First Punch, How Are The Others Gonna Feel? That's The Only Fear I Have For Myself