QUOTES by Bernard Hopkins
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I have to be smarter than my opponents. I have to figure out their styles in the ring. I have to be three or four steps ahead of them. So my mind has to be sharp.
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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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One thing I want people to know before I leave this game is I gave it my all.
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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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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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I think being 50 and being me is different than any other fighter in any era.
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There is nothing more important than staying alert, reading your opponent, that counts for both inside and outside the ring.
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I do much less sparring and always with the purpose of working on something in particular.
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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 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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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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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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You do a deal - business deal, real estate deal, stock deal - protect yourself at all times. I got that from boxing. That's from A to Z: that covers everything in life. And it started when I heard it in the ring. They don't say that in basketball or football or any other sport that I know of but boxing.
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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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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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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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If I can create an atmosphere to make my job easier and your confidence less, why not?
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Boxing is a small world where the same thing that goes on, goes on in corporate America.
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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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Age is not a problem. It becomes a problem when people try and make us think old.
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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 say the sweet science is to understand not only how to fight coming forward, how to be a big puncher, but also understand, if you run into a guy who can take your punch for the first time, how to react.
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Yes, we have to look at our opponents and study our opponents. But you have to look at you first and know you can do it.
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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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It's two sides to everybody. I'm a manager - I'm a promoter - and I'm a fighter, so it is two sides to me. That's a balance there.
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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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The young is always there to replace what we call the old. That's the process, even in nature.
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When you grow up hard, when you grow up surviving, unfortunately, it helps.
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I learned a lot from being in hell. I learned discipline. I learned that I choose what to put in my body.
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