Bernard Hopkins Quotes

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Bernard Hopkins

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 15, 1965

If you don't know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it'll be less than you're worth.

Bernard Hopkins

I've had a hard life. I smell and sense fear. I didn't get that from Catholic school; I know what fear is.

Bernard Hopkins

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.

Bernard Hopkins

When they say you can't, show them you can.

Bernard Hopkins

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.

Bernard Hopkins

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

Bernard Hopkins

I don't react and think off emotions - that gets you in a bad situation.

Bernard Hopkins

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.

Bernard Hopkins

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.

Bernard Hopkins

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.

Bernard Hopkins

I'm the guy still driving a Nissan.

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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 have an orthodox style that a southpaw is confused with me.

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I am a proud man and never takes things for granted in my life.

Bernard Hopkins

My whole career, I got a lot of credit for not taking punches.

Bernard Hopkins

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

Bernard Hopkins

The young is always there to replace what we call the old. That's the process, even in nature.

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Age is not a problem. It becomes a problem when people try and make us think old.

Bernard Hopkins

I have already bent time to my will.

Bernard Hopkins

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.

Bernard Hopkins