Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.
Sugar Ray LeonardI 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 LeonardI've never believed in tying myself up in a long-range contract, and I've been very outspoken on that subject.
Sugar Ray LeonardIt's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.
Sugar Ray LeonardI saw Todd Bridges talk about being abused on Oprah. Something that he said, or an expression that he made that gave me that little boost I needed to be open about it and to talk about it as transparently as I did. When I told my wife, she couldn't believe it. She was petrified, because it's such a no-no, taboo, a hands-off subject. But I'd have to say hearing Todd Bridges on Oprah was my watershed moment.
Sugar Ray Leonard