Bernard Hopkins Quotes
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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 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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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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When they say you can't, show them you can.
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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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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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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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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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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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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'm a guy that likes to work in the spa and get on the elliptical.
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I think I got the ability to speak the truth, and that gets in peoples' heads.
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If you read Bernard Hopkins' name in the dictionary, the definition would be 'discipline.'
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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 looked up to Marvin Hagler, Ali.
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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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If I can convince you that I'm going to beat you up, and you believe me, that's your fault.
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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 am a great champion.
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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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I'm the guy still driving a Nissan.
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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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I don't think I can get Jack Nicholson to come out and watch me fight.