Look at football, where you still have injuries no matter how much they improve the helmets and other equipment.
Sugar Ray LeonardAlthough it was a great accomplishment to win a gold medal, as soon as they put it on you, that's it; your career is over.
Sugar Ray LeonardThis kid [Janks Morton, Jr.] was so special, although he's not a kid anymore, obviously, but he was there from day one of my rise through boxing. You know how the years go by and then, when you stop to reflect, you realize that someone was a part of your whole evolution as an individual? That's what I share with Junior.
Sugar Ray Leonard