Today, we conclude our month-long series of quotes from American athlete who won medals at the Summer Olympics with quote from boxing great Sugar Ray Leonard, 55, who won gold at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. Earlier this month, we quoted Bruce Jenner, the decathlete who also won gold in Canada.
Leonard was born in Rocky Mount, NC, but he spent most of his growing years in Palmer Park, Maryland, in the DC-Metro area. Leonard defeated the Cuban boxer Andrew Aldama on his way to gold in the light welterweight division.
Ironically, Montreal was also the site of his first famous bout with Panamanian boxer Roberto Duran in 1980. Leonard lost that initial fight, but he defeated Duran later that year in New Orleans.
Leonard also won a much-anticipated bout against a then-undefeated Thomas Hearns in Las Vegas in 1981.
Here is Leonard's quote:
"Before I fight, I always pray no one gets hurt."
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