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Sugar Ray Leonard was as close as anyone came after Ali to being Ali, but he wasn't Ali.
DICK SCHAAP If I was a boxer, I would bounce those things like Sugar Ray Leonard!
LIAR LIAR![]()
Ray Leonard is more the family man, kind of quiet. He's not as outgoing as Sugar Ray Leonard. Su...
SUGAR RAY LEONARD Leonard and Ali made their mark on network television, the Olympics ? Ali on 'Wide World of Sports,'...
BOB ARUM The likes of Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns were true champions. There were some inc...
MARVIN HAGLER You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard.
USHER [Sugar] Ray Leonard is the kind of guy who's always looking at the edge of the cliff, fascinated as ...
MIKE TRAINER I fought a boxer who everybody said I couldn't beat - Sugar Ray Leonard. They said he was faster...
ROBERTO DURAN That's what Roy does. I think those guys were hearing footsteps.
ANTHONY HENRY Even though the outcome wasn't the way it should have been, publicly I still feel in my heart I ...
MARVIN HAGLER![]()
I watched Ali, studied Ali, and I studied Sugar Ray Robinson. I watched them display showmanship. I ...
SUGAR RAY LEONARD![]()
When I was growing up, there were parties that I went to that were mostly Filipinos and maybe a coup...
CHAD HUGO![]()
Well, the stuff that I liked growing up was AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, but I also liked the Beatles and gu...
DAVE MUSTAINE My brother and I, we were both relatively good-looking guys growing up, but we had our awkward stage...
DAN FOGLER Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones,...
DONALD FAGEN It's like Jake LaMotta versus Sugar Ray Robinson or Ali versus Frazier. To be the best, you've got t...
TYRONE JOHNSON![]()
I am excited to share my archive pictures and footage. I'll also share announcements about curre...
SUGAR RAY LEONARD When I was growing up, my brother liked the Beatles, and I liked the Rolling Stones. I think if I we...
GEORGE EZRA All I know is that I'm proud to be Filipino.
NONITO DONAIRE Usually, sprinting is my main source of energy and recovery time because that's how I move.
NONITO DONAIRE When I was growing up, it was the guys who were hardest at school who got the prettiest girls. It...
MARTIN COMPSTON Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
OWEN WILSON Is Duran's 'No Mas' a more defining moment in his career than his victory over Sugar Ray...
BRIN-JONATHAN BUTLER Tonight I had to really dig deep because you saw the best of Roy Jones.
ANTONIO TARVER Me calling out Roy Jones is disrespectful.
NATE DIAZ![]()
When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs.
GARY CLARK, JR.![]()
When I'm not in the booth, I'm one of the most laid-back guys. But growing up, I liked DMX, ...
MEEK MILL Willie Wells, Ray Dandridge, Leon Day, Buck Leonard, Quincy Troupe, Satchel Paige - earlier than whe...
MONTE IRVIN All I listened to until age 18 growing up was musical theater. I liked the escapism of it.
RACHEL BLOOM I wasn't nervous, ... I was just overexcited. It was my first time seeing guys like Deion and Ray, a...
JASON CAMPBELL![]()
When you're a great finisher, you'll become popular. Joe Louis was a great finisher. So was Ray Robi...
MIKE TYSON Last year, I didn't do much scoring, because we had people like Leonard, Sean Glenn and J.P, but I k...
JAQUAN BRAY The last few years I became a lot more into sports. Growing up, the sports I liked were independent ...
MARK HOPPUS When I was growing up, it was Clint Eastwood, it was Harrison Ford and Steve McQueen - these guys we...
JOE MANGANIELLO![]()
All the musicians I loved growing up were men. I loved Leonard Cohen, Mick Jagger. I loved Alex Turn...
HALSEY![]()
I was a huge fan of Bobby Cox, a huge fan of Chipper Jones and John Smoltz. And just those guys, I g...
TIM HUDSON He isn't going to hit me with the left hand anyway, so he won't have much use for that, ... whatever...
ANTONIO TARVER Ray Lewis, Ed Reed you look at what they accomplished last year and it's a great opportunity for ...
AARON BROOKS Ray Lewis, Ed Reed — you look at what they accomplished last year and it's a great opportunity for...
AARON BROOKS The group of guys I came up with in the 1990s were very innovative. I remember some of the older guy...
TRACY LAWRENCE I knew the guys were looking forward to this. I was encouraged by the way they stepped up. We just t...
RON AVERILL Rigondeaux was Cuba's answer to Bobby Fischer who transformed into a kind of Lee Harvey Oswald t...
BRIN-JONATHAN BUTLER Sugar daddy,,, your sugar is low,,, your love is growing... now, I must go.
NERISSA IRVING I'd rather get the two points. They made it closer than I liked, but our guys were up to the task.
BRYAN BRIDGES He is one of the all-time greats in this sport. I'm expecting to face a prime Roy Jones at his best.
ANTONIO TARVER![]()
Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest ...
EDDIE MURPHY The big boxing public recognizes Antonio Tarver for his win over Roy Jones, ... They definitely reco...
GLEN JOHNSON![]()
'Indiana Jones' was me growing up. I could quote lines from 'Tango and Cash' as much...
JEFF NICHOLS It was exciting. I told the guys in the clubhouse that I was hoping I could face Jeter. Everyone loo...
BILLY SADLER Growing up I was a total movie-holic, but I always wanted to play the role that Clark Gable was play...
JOYCE DEWITT Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to g...
, "THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS"![]()
What I want to do is, I want to put together a nice list of those guys who I really did admire when ...
JOHN CENA![]()
Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin were two guys I liked a lot.
JAMEY SHERIDAN![]()
I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was ...
EARL MONROE![]()
I was very independent growing up, but there were things that were bothering me that I never told an...
JANET JACKSON If anything, I think that was why we were a little shell-shocked early because Ali was struggling an...
CURT MILLER I was never too much into school. I liked lunchtimes and breaks, but nah, I hated sitting at a desk....
GARETH BALE![]()
When I was a kid, I loved Elvis, and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. But I had no connection to Holl...
DWAYNE JOHNSON When I was growing up in East Germay, everyone said there was no God. So I started looking for it my...
NINA HAGEN Whatever Roy Jones brings, it won't be enough. I've trained hard. I'm a better fighter.
ANTONIO TARVER![]()
I was definitely an at-risk kid growing up.
BEN CARSON Sugar-free gum is growing at 10-12 percent against a U.S. gum category growing at 7 percent, and som...
JIM CALI When I was growing up in the 1950s, sweaters were a huge thing.
JUDY BLUME![]()
The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward y...
JODIE FOSTER![]()
I was never part of that cliquey girl drama. Most of my friends were guys growing up, so I was never...
AIMEE TEEGARDEN I had talked to several other guys, but (Jones) was, in my opinion, a better candidate.
JOHN ALLEN Definitely, I got a reputation growing up playing on the guys' hockey teams. The guys knew how t...
KELITA ZUPANCIC I'm kind of a dirty guy, a little Bill Laimbeer-ish. Those are the guys I used to watch growing ...
KEVIN LOVE![]()
They were all heavy smokers. Looking back, I would have loved to be able to maintain friendships wit...
JIM PALMER I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, on...
FREDDY ADU Ray Lewis, Ed Reed  you look at what they accomplished last year a...
AARON BROOKS It's funny because I miss those guys, ... Watching the game film, looking at Cleveland Browns stadiu...
EARL LITTLE I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never l...
MAGDA APANOWICZ I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village.
BARRY HANNAH![]()
Sounds like the start of a beautiful friendship, Leonard. It really does.” “Here’s looking at ...
MATTHEW QUICK![]()
Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had th...
GERRY COONEY Beyond a shadow of a doubt, Do you have any excuses tonight Roy Jones? And seven punches later - sev...
ANTONIO TARVER When I was younger, I wanted to pattern my game after Tiger (Woods) and Freddie (Couples), but the m...
KEVIN HALL I have a lot of role models to study. Guys like Ray Lewis, Tedy Bruschi and Kendrell Bell. You learn...
DAT NGUYEN I love video games. When I was growing up, video games were very important to me.
BEN SCHWARTZ![]()
I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sp...
NEIL PEART I think a lot of guys want a son because of all of the things they do while growing up. A lot of guy...
ELI MANNING![]()
And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I fir...
JULIUS ERVING![]()
I've never seen a truly great fighter get knocked onto the ropes unconscious ... knocked out cold be...
JIM LAMPLEY I wasn't at the game myself, so I've had to speak Roy [Aitken] and Kevin [MacDonald] who were in cha...
DAVID O'LEARY I always idolized guys like Deion Sanders, Barry Sanders, Steve Young and the entire 49ers team, rea...
REGGIE BUSH![]()
I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs.
GARY CHERONE Three of the prettiest-looking balls ever assembled on one team. I remember telling someone, 'I won'...
CLYDE CHRISTENSEN Like I told the council, I wouldn't do anything drastic. Everything I've seen so far has been positi...
DAVID BLANCHARD![]()
I've always liked simple. Growing up, I wore corduroys and Lacoste shirts, Maraolo flats, and ma...
AERIN LAUDER You look back at the '95 season, and a lot of those guys were getting mega minutes. Michael Jord...
SCOTTIE PIPPEN None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in.
WANDA JACKSON Ray finished it off with those free throws like I knew he would. I'm just glad I could help the team...
JOE KRABBENHOFT![]()
When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the ot...
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN![]()
My thighs were huge; they were like rock! Growing up, I was really athletic, and I had a very athlet...
GIGI HADID![]()
Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the p...
SUGAR RAY LEONARD![]()
Joe Frazier was the epitome of a champion. I mean, here is a guy who was total old school, blue coll...
SUGAR RAY LEONARD![]()
I want to be great, something special.
SUGAR RAY LEONARD![]()
Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct.
SUGAR RAY LEONARD![]()
Looking back, yes, I made too many comebacks. But each comeback I was 100 percent sure that I would ...
SUGAR RAY LEONARD
DICK SCHAAP If I was a boxer, I would bounce those things like Sugar Ray Leonard!
LIAR LIAR
Ray Leonard is more the family man, kind of quiet. He's not as outgoing as Sugar Ray Leonard. Su... SUGAR RAY LEONARD Leonard and Ali made their mark on network television, the Olympics ? Ali on 'Wide World of Sports,'...
BOB ARUM The likes of Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Tommy Hearns were true champions. There were some inc...
MARVIN HAGLER You couldn't find a more stylized boxer than Sugar Ray Leonard.
USHER [Sugar] Ray Leonard is the kind of guy who's always looking at the edge of the cliff, fascinated as ...
MIKE TRAINER I fought a boxer who everybody said I couldn't beat - Sugar Ray Leonard. They said he was faster...
ROBERTO DURAN That's what Roy does. I think those guys were hearing footsteps.
ANTHONY HENRY Even though the outcome wasn't the way it should have been, publicly I still feel in my heart I ...
MARVIN HAGLER
I watched Ali, studied Ali, and I studied Sugar Ray Robinson. I watched them display showmanship. I ... SUGAR RAY LEONARD
When I was growing up, there were parties that I went to that were mostly Filipinos and maybe a coup... CHAD HUGO
Well, the stuff that I liked growing up was AC/DC, Led Zeppelin, but I also liked the Beatles and gu... DAVE MUSTAINE My brother and I, we were both relatively good-looking guys growing up, but we had our awkward stage...
DAN FOGLER Randy Newman seemed like an even worse singer than me. I liked Ray Charles, Levi Stubbs, Jack Jones,...
DONALD FAGEN It's like Jake LaMotta versus Sugar Ray Robinson or Ali versus Frazier. To be the best, you've got t...
TYRONE JOHNSON
I am excited to share my archive pictures and footage. I'll also share announcements about curre... SUGAR RAY LEONARD When I was growing up, my brother liked the Beatles, and I liked the Rolling Stones. I think if I we...
GEORGE EZRA All I know is that I'm proud to be Filipino.
NONITO DONAIRE Usually, sprinting is my main source of energy and recovery time because that's how I move.
NONITO DONAIRE When I was growing up, it was the guys who were hardest at school who got the prettiest girls. It...
MARTIN COMPSTON Movies I liked growing up were like Francis Ford Coppolla movies and Scorsese movies.
OWEN WILSON Is Duran's 'No Mas' a more defining moment in his career than his victory over Sugar Ray...
BRIN-JONATHAN BUTLER Tonight I had to really dig deep because you saw the best of Roy Jones.
ANTONIO TARVER Me calling out Roy Jones is disrespectful.
NATE DIAZ
When I was growing up, I would go hang out with older guys at night in blues clubs. GARY CLARK, JR.
When I'm not in the booth, I'm one of the most laid-back guys. But growing up, I liked DMX, ... MEEK MILL Willie Wells, Ray Dandridge, Leon Day, Buck Leonard, Quincy Troupe, Satchel Paige - earlier than whe...
MONTE IRVIN All I listened to until age 18 growing up was musical theater. I liked the escapism of it.
RACHEL BLOOM I wasn't nervous, ... I was just overexcited. It was my first time seeing guys like Deion and Ray, a...
JASON CAMPBELL
When you're a great finisher, you'll become popular. Joe Louis was a great finisher. So was Ray Robi... MIKE TYSON Last year, I didn't do much scoring, because we had people like Leonard, Sean Glenn and J.P, but I k...
JAQUAN BRAY The last few years I became a lot more into sports. Growing up, the sports I liked were independent ...
MARK HOPPUS When I was growing up, it was Clint Eastwood, it was Harrison Ford and Steve McQueen - these guys we...
JOE MANGANIELLO
All the musicians I loved growing up were men. I loved Leonard Cohen, Mick Jagger. I loved Alex Turn... HALSEY
I was a huge fan of Bobby Cox, a huge fan of Chipper Jones and John Smoltz. And just those guys, I g... TIM HUDSON He isn't going to hit me with the left hand anyway, so he won't have much use for that, ... whatever...
ANTONIO TARVER Ray Lewis, Ed Reed you look at what they accomplished last year and it's a great opportunity for ...
AARON BROOKS Ray Lewis, Ed Reed — you look at what they accomplished last year and it's a great opportunity for...
AARON BROOKS The group of guys I came up with in the 1990s were very innovative. I remember some of the older guy...
TRACY LAWRENCE I knew the guys were looking forward to this. I was encouraged by the way they stepped up. We just t...
RON AVERILL Rigondeaux was Cuba's answer to Bobby Fischer who transformed into a kind of Lee Harvey Oswald t...
BRIN-JONATHAN BUTLER Sugar daddy,,, your sugar is low,,, your love is growing... now, I must go.
NERISSA IRVING I'd rather get the two points. They made it closer than I liked, but our guys were up to the task.
BRYAN BRIDGES He is one of the all-time greats in this sport. I'm expecting to face a prime Roy Jones at his best.
ANTONIO TARVER
Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest ... EDDIE MURPHY The big boxing public recognizes Antonio Tarver for his win over Roy Jones, ... They definitely reco...
GLEN JOHNSON
'Indiana Jones' was me growing up. I could quote lines from 'Tango and Cash' as much... JEFF NICHOLS It was exciting. I told the guys in the clubhouse that I was hoping I could face Jeter. Everyone loo...
BILLY SADLER Growing up I was a total movie-holic, but I always wanted to play the role that Clark Gable was play...
JOYCE DEWITT Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to g...
, "THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS"
What I want to do is, I want to put together a nice list of those guys who I really did admire when ... JOHN CENA
Hector Elizondo and Adam Arkin were two guys I liked a lot. JAMEY SHERIDAN
I started playing baseball and soccer. Those were my sports on the streets and in school when I was ... EARL MONROE
I was very independent growing up, but there were things that were bothering me that I never told an... JANET JACKSON If anything, I think that was why we were a little shell-shocked early because Ali was struggling an...
CURT MILLER I was never too much into school. I liked lunchtimes and breaks, but nah, I hated sitting at a desk....
GARETH BALE
When I was a kid, I loved Elvis, and Harrison Ford as Indiana Jones. But I had no connection to Holl... DWAYNE JOHNSON When I was growing up in East Germay, everyone said there was no God. So I started looking for it my...
NINA HAGEN Whatever Roy Jones brings, it won't be enough. I've trained hard. I'm a better fighter.
ANTONIO TARVER
I was definitely an at-risk kid growing up. BEN CARSON Sugar-free gum is growing at 10-12 percent against a U.S. gum category growing at 7 percent, and som...
JIM CALI When I was growing up in the 1950s, sweaters were a huge thing.
JUDY BLUME
The movies I made when I was 14 or 15, I have a hard time looking at those. Those were the awkward y... JODIE FOSTER
I was never part of that cliquey girl drama. Most of my friends were guys growing up, so I was never... AIMEE TEEGARDEN I had talked to several other guys, but (Jones) was, in my opinion, a better candidate.
JOHN ALLEN Definitely, I got a reputation growing up playing on the guys' hockey teams. The guys knew how t...
KELITA ZUPANCIC I'm kind of a dirty guy, a little Bill Laimbeer-ish. Those are the guys I used to watch growing ...
KEVIN LOVE
They were all heavy smokers. Looking back, I would have loved to be able to maintain friendships wit... JIM PALMER I've always been one of the youngest guys on the team. But now I'm one of the older guys, on...
FREDDY ADU Ray Lewis, Ed Reed  you look at what they accomplished last year a...
AARON BROOKS It's funny because I miss those guys, ... Watching the game film, looking at Cleveland Browns stadiu...
EARL LITTLE I never really fit in growing up. I got made fun of a lot of the time in high school. People never l...
MAGDA APANOWICZ I was born in Clinton, Mississippi, which had 1,500-2,500 people when I was growing up - a village.
BARRY HANNAH
Sounds like the start of a beautiful friendship, Leonard. It really does.” “Here’s looking at ... MATTHEW QUICK
Growing up training, I use to get up so early I would wave to the garbage men going by. So, I had th... GERRY COONEY Beyond a shadow of a doubt, Do you have any excuses tonight Roy Jones? And seven punches later - sev...
ANTONIO TARVER When I was younger, I wanted to pattern my game after Tiger (Woods) and Freddie (Couples), but the m...
KEVIN HALL I have a lot of role models to study. Guys like Ray Lewis, Tedy Bruschi and Kendrell Bell. You learn...
DAT NGUYEN I love video games. When I was growing up, video games were very important to me.
BEN SCHWARTZ
I had spindly little ankles, and growing up in Canada, I couldn't skate. I was no good at any sp... NEIL PEART I think a lot of guys want a son because of all of the things they do while growing up. A lot of guy...
ELI MANNING
And from the first time I picked up a basketball at age eight - I had a lot of difficulty when I fir... JULIUS ERVING
I've never seen a truly great fighter get knocked onto the ropes unconscious ... knocked out cold be... JIM LAMPLEY I wasn't at the game myself, so I've had to speak Roy [Aitken] and Kevin [MacDonald] who were in cha...
DAVID O'LEARY I always idolized guys like Deion Sanders, Barry Sanders, Steve Young and the entire 49ers team, rea...
REGGIE BUSH
I was growing up listening to Queen. Freddie Mercury threw those incredible melodies into his songs. GARY CHERONE Three of the prettiest-looking balls ever assembled on one team. I remember telling someone, 'I won'...
CLYDE CHRISTENSEN Like I told the council, I wouldn't do anything drastic. Everything I've seen so far has been positi...
DAVID BLANCHARD
I've always liked simple. Growing up, I wore corduroys and Lacoste shirts, Maraolo flats, and ma... AERIN LAUDER You look back at the '95 season, and a lot of those guys were getting mega minutes. Michael Jord...
SCOTTIE PIPPEN None of the other guys in the band really sang, so that's when I brought Roy Clark in.
WANDA JACKSON Ray finished it off with those free throws like I knew he would. I'm just glad I could help the team...
JOE KRABBENHOFT
When I was growing up, there were two things that were unpopular in my house. One was me, and the ot... BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
My thighs were huge; they were like rock! Growing up, I was really athletic, and I had a very athlet... GIGI HADID
Bruce Lee was an artist and, like him, I try to go beyond the fundamentals of my sport. I want the p... SUGAR RAY LEONARD
Joe Frazier was the epitome of a champion. I mean, here is a guy who was total old school, blue coll... SUGAR RAY LEONARD
I want to be great, something special. SUGAR RAY LEONARD
Boxing brings out my aggressive instinct, not necessarily a killer instinct. SUGAR RAY LEONARD
Looking back, yes, I made too many comebacks. But each comeback I was 100 percent sure that I would ... SUGAR RAY LEONARD
