Sugar Ray Leonard Quotes

The NFL is my goal, not my dream. My dream is to have an impact on people.

I know who I am, and I know what my ambitions are. If one kid sees me on TV or sees me in a movie and relates, then I'm done. That's perfectly fine. That's enough for me.

I was just a small boy from Mississippi, and now little kids are going to identify with me through this game.

If you dream the proper dreams, and share the myths with people, they will want to grow up to be like you.

In the end, I want to be an inspiration to somebody.

So, it's nice to know that you've inspired someone to do their life's work.

There's an inner desire, something inside of me, that's always wanted to be great and leave a mark.

When you do your best and live out your dreams, you inspire others to do the same.

I wasn't satisfied just to earn a good living. I was looking to make a statement.

I want people to be inspired that I've always strived for excellence and I've always gone beyond what anybody ever thought I could do, what I thought I myself could do. And I've allowed myself to be inspired, kept my eyes open and my senses open to inspiration around me.

I don't know what my calling is, but I want to be here for a bigger reason. I strive to be like the greatest people who have ever lived.

I think a lot of the time having someone who you, not base yourself on, but can see yourself being after a few years, you can get quite blinded by that, in the same way love can be.

And I haven't met too many actors along the way that haven't told me how much the show has meant to them. It's one of the reasons they say they are doing what they're doing, today.

If you don't have heroes in the beginning, you don't grow.

I don't pay that much attention to sales figures or awards. To me, the big question is: 'Did you influence the next generation?' That's my goal.

I love playing for my country, getting the support. Especially for the kids and everybody, showing my example of what I can achieve so early. And maybe they can achieve it, too, just to get that in their minds.

I feel privileged that people are looking up to me, and perhaps a dream will be born because of my presence.

I am constantly being told that I have been a big influence for many people, including other musicians.

I want to have a cultural impact. I want to be an inspiration, to show people what can be done.

To a great leader there is no worthy seed.

At a pivotal time in my life, Barack Obama gave me hope that a boy who grew up like me could still achieve the most important of my dreams. For that, I'll miss him and the example he set.

Mike Tyson was one of the fighters who motivated me. How? We both used to train at the Golden Gloves boxing gym. I used to see his Rolls-Royce, his diamond Rolex on, and I said, 'You know what? Those are the things that I want.'

There are 320 million American dreams. Go get yours.

When kids want a picture or autograph, you reflect later on and realize you did something good. Then you see them come back five years later, they're all grown up, have their own lives and they tell you how much you inspired them. You're like, 'Whoa.'

I have a lot of things going for me, I try to be a well-rounded role model.