Dave Melter here. I sat down with the one and only sugar a Leonard and I had the most personal,

intimate and emotional conversation about our fathers, about abuse, and about drug and alcohol use.

I actually shared a secret that I never thought I would to the public.

Join me and Sugar Ray for all of that and more here on the playbook.

This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook, where each week I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs

to talk about their personal and professional Playbook to success

and what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom.

I'm your host and CEO of Sports One Marketing, David Melzer.

This Dave Melzer CEO of Sports One Marketing, here with Entrepreneurs The Playbook.

And I've almost feel guilty because I think I've left so much content on the table because

you're such a wonderful person, but I'm here with the champ.

Sugar A Leonard and what a treat it is because I'm not going to talk too much about boxing.

I really want to get to the conversations that we've been having about life. about

I really want to get to the conversations that we've been having about life. And so let me take you a little bit farther back.

I know one story about you that you actually had a lie

about how old you were so you could begin your

amateur boxing career. There's a certain boldness about that. You know, when you're

16 or 17 to lie about your age so you can compete in a world

platform where did that boldness come from that confidence come from

I was always optimistic, determined, focus. I never, if you told me I couldn't

achieve, I would achieve. Going back to 1972 Olympic trials I you know

16 years old and I said I was 17 so I figured it was just a little a little white

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