Sugar Ray Leonard

My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great, something special.

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

Normally, I would run with a group of guys in my camps. A couple of days before the fight, I would run by myself. That was my time to choreograph the fight in my head, so I needed to be myself.

Sugar Ray Leonard

People try to live vicariously through fighters, but it’s one-on-one; it’s primal. There’s no other feeling like it. The problem for me was accepting it – that nothing compares to being champ.

Sugar Ray Leonard

The only way for a fighter to get back in shape is to fight his way back.

Sugar Ray Leonard

The thing about boxers is that there’s respect there. You beat me, and I may not like it, but you know what, deep down inside, I respect you. And that’s the code of honor.

Sugar Ray Leonard

There will always be something about two men in the ring – a mystique because it’s pure man-to-man competition. Because of the history boxing has and the tradition it holds, boxing will always have a that mystique.

Sugar Ray Leonard

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting the speed bag, lifting weights and just focusing on training.

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

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

Sugar Ray Leonard