It's different when you become a professional, because you also have to become a businessman, and that takes something away from it.

Quote by Sugar Ray Leonard

Topics: Boxing Quotes

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting...

To be the best, you need to spend hours and hours and hours running, hitting...

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.

You just don't heal that easy unless you're young.

You just don't heal that easy unless you're young.

If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one...

If I hadn't had the talent, the networks wouldn't have televised my fights. No one...

My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great,...

My ambition is not to be just a good fighter. I want to be great,...

In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and...

In Italy, I had an Afro, and a lot of the kids came up and...

Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.

Except for Ali, fighters had never been marketable.

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a...

I think I've become one of the best finishers in boxing; if I hurt a...

I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger...

I was painfully initiated into boxing, because the guys I fought were a lot bigger...

I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's...

I'll think, If this is his first punch, how are the others gonna feel? That's...

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

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

Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when...

Boxing was not something I truly enjoyed. Like a lot of things in life, when...

I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy...

I think an athlete should be honest. I know it's difficult, but if a guy...

Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals...

Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals...

They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off...

They say that I'm stubborn, and my wife says that, too, but it's paid off...

Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran...

Duran always disturbs me. The guy is just weird. Before our first fight, both Duran...

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom....

Boxing was the only career where I wouldn't have to start out at the bottom....

It's hard to talk about yourself.

It's hard to talk about yourself.

I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle...

I want my fights to be seen as plays that have a beginning, a middle...

No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran.

No one but myself thought I could beat guys like Tommy Hearns or Roberto Duran.