Bernard Hopkins Quotes
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I've had a hard life. I smell and sense fear. I didn't get that from Catholic school; I know what fear is.
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If I can create an atmosphere to make my job easier and your confidence less, why not?
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Age is not an enemy to me.
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I have already bent time to my will.
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Ninety percent of the media picked Pavlik, and I always appreciate naysayers. That's what motivates me.
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I'm the guy still driving a Nissan.
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When guys say at the press conference, 'I'm not scared' - now, for a guy to tell me he's not scared of me means that you are scared.
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Any UFC fighter, and any fighter going into the boxing ring and can do what they do in the UFC, nine out of 10 won't be victorious and vice-versa, with a boxer coming from - even myself - coming over to that field will be a fish trying to be in a jungle and survive. It's not going to happen.
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A body that doesn't move mentally or physically dies.
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Money is great, but history is something that you can never get rid of and act like it didn't happen.
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If I was a bad guy, I probably would be incarcerated.
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It's the inner that produces the outer.
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We want to give you the roses when you're dead. That's how human beings think. I try not to think like a human.
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I've shown, for twenty-plus years, with a legacy that will be talked about way after I'm gone, that I am different.
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The worst damage a person - a fighter or even a person that's just everyday living - is shorten your life by your lifestyle.
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I saw worse stuff inside prison than I ever saw in the streets.
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When I left the penitentiary, I learned to stay away from the Philly cheesesteaks, the pizza, the junk that clogs your arteries and kills you.
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I'm amongst you all, but I'm not one of you all.
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I looked up to Marvin Hagler, Ali.
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I want to be the spokesman for the 40-and-older crowd, inspiring people to believe that no matter their age, they can be healthy and save their lives.
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Ninety-nine percent of getting over a problem is mental.
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I say the sweet science is to hit and not get hit.
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Being able to do what I do in the ring and out of the ring is evidence that I'm not from this world.
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You look at De La Hoya, and you think that he is an actor or a singer. I'd like to rearrange a couple of things on his face so the pretty boy becomes just another boxer.