Bernard Hopkins Quotes

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Bernard Hopkins

Profession : Athlete

Birth : January 15, 1965

I understand and I don't understand human beings.

Bernard Hopkins

I feel like I was blacklisted in 1965.

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I saw worse stuff inside prison than I ever saw in the streets.

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

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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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It's the inner that produces the outer.

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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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Soda is the worst thing.

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The majority of fighters and athletes live double lives.

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

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

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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.

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

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