Sugar Ray Leonard
By: Cece Hymes
Sugar Ray Leonard is a professional boxer, motivational speaker and actor. He is one of the greatest boxers of all time. He won a lot of medals. His speed was like no other, he was fast. He is definitely one of my favorite sports icons. He inspired a lot of other boxers.
He is also the founder of the Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to fighting type 1 diabetes, a condition that Leonard himself was diagnosed with. He also has a boxing center in Prince George’s county, Maryland which serves as a training facility for young athletes. The Sugar Ray Leonard Boxing Center provides a safe and supportive environment for kids to develop their skills, both in and out of the ring.
Some of the quotes that I liked by him:
“I’m not religious, but I believe that what I have is a gift, and I respect it and live up to it”
“Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There is nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.”
“If you never know Failure you will never know success.”
I definitely got to give him his roses today. He has inspired so many people all over the world. And he is still doing a lot in the community.
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