Sugar Ray Robinson Quotes

Fighting, to me, seems barbaric. I don't really like it. I enjoy out-thinking another man and out-maneuvering him, but I still don't like to fight.

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• Fighting, to me, seems barbaric. I don't really like it. I enjoy out-thinking another man and out-maneuvering him, but I still don't like to fight.

  

  Sugar Ray Robinson
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  • Fighting
  • Barbaric