Sugar Ray Leonard Quotes

My dad was a big grinder, a tough guy. I inherited that from him.

My mum thinks I get my determination and resilience from my dad. I think it comes mostly from her.

My dad, he worked rebar, an ironworker. Watching my pops get up every single morning, going into work, working hard - I think that really made me want to work that hard, wanted to make me get up early and go for a run or get a lift in or get some extra hitting in and really try to better myself every day.

My dad is a Jack Nicholson lookalike and a frustrated performer, my mother's into reading and poetry. I suppose the thing I owe them most is my confidence.

Mom was a housewife; Dad was an accountant. They taught me a lot about the value of working hard.

I've got my mother's acceptance of things and my dad's drive - not such a bad combination.

I'd seen my father. He was a poor man, and I watched him do astonishing things.

My mother taught me what it is to have a sense of humour; my dad, who was a headmaster, everything you need to know about hard work. My dad is the most decent man you could come across.

Happiness does not fall out of the blue and dreams will not come true by themselves. We need to be down-to-earth and work hard. We should uphold the idea that working hard is the most honorable, noblest, greatest and most beautiful virtue.

I think my mom and dad have an incredible work ethic, and we've grown up around it.

My dad was an insane workaholic, and watching his work ethic gave me a lot of motivation.

I always had a work ethic. And I think I very much got that from my father and my mother.

There's certain things that I was taught growing up about not quitting and seeing things through. I think if I would have come home and told my dad that I was going to quit the team, I think he would have kicked me out of the house. I don't think I'd have a place to stay.

I look like my mother but behave like my father.

I lived with my mom my whole life; her work ethic was ridiculous, and it hasn't changed.

You have to work hard if you want something, and my parents instilled that into me when I was really young.

Annie Lee Smith was my mother's name. My father's name was George Washington Smith. I have to tell you, I got all of my attributes from them, obviously, the tangibles, the intangibles. Particularly my work ethic, my dedication.

My father instilled those hard-working values.

I'm proud of my hard work. Working hard won't always lead to the exact things we desire. There are many things I've wanted that I haven't always gotten. But, I have a great satisfaction in the blessings from my mother and father, who instilled a great work ethic in me both personally and professionally.

My parents are the hardest-working people I ever knew: they always worked every day, all day; they had to come up with the solutions to make things work. And I think that work ethic, maybe stubbornness, single-mindedness, definitely played a role for me. I'm definitely thankful for my roots.

I saw my dad work hard and then would see and know his interest and intentions, and that wasn't necessarily the narrative you would see in the press.

And my dad drilled it in my head, you know, 'If you want it bad enough, and you're willing to make the sacrifices, you can do it. But first you have to believe in yourself.

My mother was a great inspiration to me to always do my best. My father has always been my mentor and friend. They taught me the basic principle that guides most all that I do: faith, focus, finish.

But having set myself these goals, I had to work really hard to achieve them.

You know my dad pushed me to believe that I was going to be the best. I just never thought of life without tennis, even looking forward.