Bernard Hopkins Quotes
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Boxing should not let - we should not let - the people in business of boxing should not let a person to just walk right in and get the grand prize of boxing. You can't do it in basketball, football, hockey.
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I don't react and think off emotions - that gets you in a bad situation.
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Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins is an event where actors and actresses will come out, and I give all credit to Oscar for that.
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Let him leave his home town and try to invade the United States and beat Bernard Hopkins, a great champion, a legend.
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I say the sweet science is to understand not only how to fight coming forward, how to be a big puncher, but also understand, if you run into a guy who can take your punch for the first time, how to react.
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When you get older, the first thing that starts to go is reflexes, and reflexes are important for any person, especially an athlete - to react to something in a time when something is going on, and you can't be a second or two behind.
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You cannot go into combat without putting the work in.
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Hand-eye coordination and reflexes is something I work on more than anything.
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Oscar De La Hoya is unique. Even Ray Leonard didn't have the star power Oscar has.
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I'm so glad that I didn't give up on myself and there were people who didn't give up on me.
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Age is not a problem. It becomes a problem when people try and make us think old.
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Most people remember the ending of the book more than the beginning and the middle.
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There is nothing more important than staying alert, reading your opponent, that counts for both inside and outside the ring.
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If you really look at it, I have done the 'American Dream' that people have died on boats to come here to live.
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If you smoke, plain and simple, stop smoking. If you drink, plain and simple, stop.
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I avoid processed food.
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If you don't know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it'll be less than you're worth.
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I'm tired of proving myself.
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I do much less sparring and always with the purpose of working on something in particular.
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I'm special, in a way that is good. I don't have to explain 'special.' There is no definition for special. Special speaks for itself.
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I have to be smarter than my opponents. I have to figure out their styles in the ring. I have to be three or four steps ahead of them. So my mind has to be sharp.
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I've never ducked anyone. Bernard Hopkins has beaten people that nobody else wanted to fight - Winky Wright, Antonio Tarver. I knocked out Felix Trinidad easily, Oscar de la Hoya with a body shot, I had world title 20 defences.
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I'm not downplaying my age - because humankind is such that people run away from their age. Especially women. Guys pretend not to care, but they do. Age is not a good thing to most human beings. But, being an alien, I embrace it.
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My personal feeling is that Bernard Hopkins has never been an industry boy.