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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 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.
Bernard Hopkins
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If you read Bernard Hopkins' name in the dictionary, the definition would be 'discipline.'
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I'm a guy that likes to work in the spa and get on the elliptical.
Bernard Hopkins -
If you notice, in every fight, I always have something to get into their head.
Bernard Hopkins -
I think being 50 and being me is different than any other fighter in any era.
Bernard Hopkins -
Soda is the worst thing.
Bernard Hopkins -
I don't have a diet. Jenny Craig got a diet. Seriously. I eat to live, not to die.
Bernard Hopkins
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I don't drink occasionally. I don't drink on the holidays. I don't drink alcohol, period. Not wine, not nothing.
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I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight.
Bernard Hopkins -
The young is always there to replace what we call the old. That's the process, even in nature.
Bernard Hopkins -
If I can convince you that I'm going to beat you up, and you believe me, that's your fault.
Bernard Hopkins -
When they say you can't, show them you can.
Bernard Hopkins -
I have to constantly work on my reflexes and hand-eye coordination. I do a lot of puzzles. I play chess.
Bernard Hopkins
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Just because you started off one way don't mean the ending of the book has to be the way you started.
Bernard Hopkins -
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 don't think I can get Jack Nicholson to come out and watch me fight.
Bernard Hopkins -
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.
Bernard Hopkins -
Protect yourself at all times. It's what I talk to school kids and college kids about when I do my seminars. I'm not just talking about in the ring. Protect yourself at all times.
Bernard Hopkins -
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.
Bernard Hopkins
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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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Always have to think like a guy with no food in his refrigerator.
Bernard Hopkins -
I love fighting big guys because I'm fast. I'm not a big, light heavyweight. I can move. I can get inside on them. I'm inside, I'm wrestling with them, and they're just wrestling, but all the time, I'm chopping; I'm slapping.
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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.
Bernard Hopkins