Sugar Ray Leonard Thinking Quotations

When I was 15 or 16 and I started climbing up the ladder of success in amateur boxing, a reporter asked me, "What do you want to be?" I think he was expecting me to say, "A champion." I said, "I want to be special." I don't know why I said that, but I didn't just want to be a fighter. I wanted to have an impact with people, particularly kids.

You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.

Holyfield is nothing but class, and I think he's a breath of fresh air for the sport.

I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's the only fear I have for myself

Tommy Hearns seemed like an indestructible machine, so to beat him, I think that was my defining moment, the pinnacle.

I 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.

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a guy, I normally take him out.