I 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 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'm so opposite of my profession. No one - particularly my mother and father - ever thought I was going to be a boxer because I always felt that football and baseball were too dangerous. I was just such a quiet kid.
Sugar Ray LeonardI've always believed that you can be whatever you want to be if you are willing to sacrifice and dedicate yourself.
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