Bernard Hopkins Quotes
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I'm tired of proving myself.
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My personal feeling is that Bernard Hopkins has never been an industry boy.
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Boxing is the sweet science. You hit and not get hit. There's no reward for you to hit me more than I hit you other than on the scorecards.
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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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I am not going to eat something that I have been told is not good for my system, and I do what I can to eat energy food, such as lean meats, whole grains, and lots of fruit and vegetables. Without this daily habit, my body would have given up a long time ago. There is no magic pill, no magic drink, no magic food.
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When they say you can't, show them you can.
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I have to constantly work on my reflexes and hand-eye coordination. I do a lot of puzzles. I play chess.
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I'm a guy that likes to work in the spa and get on the elliptical.
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If your car takes 95 and you put 87 in it, it's gonna run sluggish, right? A lot of people don't realize what you put in your body affects your mechanics, and you're gonna run sluggish.
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If you read Bernard Hopkins' name in the dictionary, the definition would be 'discipline.'
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When you get to a certain age in society, they want to dictate to you when you should pack it in and that you should mentally grab a cane, a box of Depends, Geritol, listen to the oldies, and not eat spicy food after 9 o'clock.
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I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight.
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I think being 50 and being me is different than any other fighter in any era.
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I don't rest in my business interests, I don't rest being a husband, I don't rest being a father, and I don't rest doing none of these things because when you rest, you get comfortable.
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To me, you can be young in your mind, in the way you think, but if your body don't come with that, then it's wishful thinking.
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I am a great champion.
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I'm a health-awareness guy, and all of that includes how I eat, how much I rest, and how I keep my skin good. Any kind of maintenance that I would do on a car, I do on myself.
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There's more to life than having things: a Rolls-Royce, a big house, bling bling.
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I think I got the ability to speak the truth, and that gets in peoples' heads.
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I don't think I can get Jack Nicholson to come out and watch me fight.
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I would love to play with the Flyers. I got the two front teeth missing, so I can look the part. I'm ready cosmetically. I could fit right in.
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If I go to a restaurant, which I do often, I know what I want, and it's not on the menu half the time. Half the time, they have to adjust the menu or what they got in the back, and they'll make it for me.
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Father Time is whether you're an athlete or not an athlete. Father Time is always around. I think I'm just special.
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If you get your body right, you get your mind right, whatever you do, you have a fighting chance, and you have a chance to be victorious.