Someone once said there was a comparison between Sugar Ray Leonard and Sugar Ray Robinson. Believe me, there's no comparison. Sugar Ray Robinson was the greatest.
Sugar Ray LeonardYou have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.
Sugar Ray LeonardIn 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.
Sugar Ray LeonardI wouldnt change anything because the mistakes and the hurt are as important as all the great fights. They made me who I am today.
Sugar Ray LeonardI'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.
Sugar Ray Leonard