Sugar Ray Leonard Quotes

I admire Obama, and I like him. I think he has a great deal of talent. He should be applauded for his eloquence and for his ability to motivate millions.

There is no true orator who is not a hero.

A hero is someone we can admire without apology.

Part of the beauty of the show in a way is that he's not perfect, but you can always count on him to do the right thing in a pinch. That's why he inspires people and inspires me.

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.

People need heroes, in music and every aspect of life.

Mr. Lincoln is one of Nature’s orators, using his rare powers solely and effectively to elucidate and to convince, though their inevitable effect is to delight and electrify as well.

We love eloquence for its own sake, and not for any truth which it may utter, or any heroism it may inspire

Let the world admire the supposed wisdom and valor of our great men, Perhaps they may adopt the qualities that have been ascribed to them, and thus good may be done.

Essentially, my hero-role model is Muhammad Ali, because when I watched this one fight of his with my dad when I was a kid, and I watched him not go down... I think him just taking a lot of blows and not going down, it was so moving.

When I structured my career, I looked at Muhammad Ali, which is my all-time favorite and an idol of mine, and what he has done for this sport. He was a real-life hero.

I was incredibly inspired by Oprah Winfrey as a young woman.

Bono. He still is somebody who, and I don't say I'm starstruck in that sense, I'm always in awe of. It doesn't matter how many times I've been with him, he's still an exceptional man that continually inspires me in many ways in life.

The poet is the nearest borderer upon the orator.

The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.

Sometimes I feel like I'm a preacher as well, 'cause I can really get into an audience.

I would love to be a role model.

Oh, man, if in real life I was as cool and suave as Coach Taylor and had all the answers, things would be easier.

My mom is very confident and she was always a role model of mine.

And besides, because of all she has accomplished, Barbara Jordan has always been a hero of mine.

Two of my biggest heroes were my father and John Wayne.

There was nothing in all Douglas's powerful effort that appealed to the higher instincts of human nature, while Lincoln always touched sympathetic cords. Lincoln's speech excited and sustained the enthusiasm of his audience to the end.

My dad was my hero when I was a young boy. And then it's a toss-up between Han Solo, the New Zealand All Blacks Rugby team, and Marlon Brando.

Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.

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