Bernard Hopkins Quotes
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I'm tired of proving myself.
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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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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.
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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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Soda is the worst thing.
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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 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 think being 50 and being me is different than any other fighter in any era.
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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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When they say you can't, show them you can.
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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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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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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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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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I don't think I can get Jack Nicholson to come out and watch me fight.
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They had to debate whether Joe Frazier should be in the Boxing Hall of Fame or not. I'm making sure that it would be a felony to sit down and debate whether or not Bernard Hopkins deserves to be in the hall of fame.
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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.
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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.
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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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Just because you started off one way don't mean the ending of the book has to be the way you started.
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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 have an orthodox style that a southpaw is confused with me.