I will like to take one match at a time.

When I began, I was more of a swing bowler with little pace, but I realized it will be difficult to sustain without the pace, so my fitness has now allowed me maybe an extra yard of pace. That has been the secret of my success.

We all know just bowling won't do in modern international cricket, and we have to contribute with the bat and as a fielder, too.

I just try to improve every series.

I only have a family pack; never really felt the need for abs or something like that because, to my mind, being fit in terms of cricket is far more important than anything.

UFC is street fighting in a cage. Boxing is a controlled, skilled talent. There's no comparison.

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.

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.

I don't really look toward the future. I only look at the present.

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.

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.

Hand-eye coordination and reflexes is something I work on more than anything.

When you get older, the first thing that starts to go is reflexes, and reflexes are important for any person, especially an athlete - to react to something in a time when something is going on, and you can't be a second or two behind.

If you smoke, plain and simple, stop smoking. If you drink, plain and simple, stop.

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.

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.

My personal feeling is that Bernard Hopkins has never been an industry boy.

The majority of fighters and athletes live double lives.

Soda is the worst thing.

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.

It's the inner that produces the outer.

If I can convince you that I'm going to beat you up, and you believe me, that's your fault.

If you read Bernard Hopkins' name in the dictionary, the definition would be 'discipline.'

Being able to do what I do in the ring and out of the ring is evidence that I'm not from this world.