I’m not going to give up. If you pay attention to my plan and the way I live and the way I eat, then you have a chance to extend your life a few more years.
BERNARD HOPKINSI’m not going to give up. If you pay attention to my plan and the way I live and the way I eat, then you have a chance to extend your life a few more years.
BERNARD HOPKINSBoxers are resilitant guys. We know how to take of a big punch that hits us, we know how to survive. Oscar is a survivor, he’s gonna be back bigger and stronger.
BERNARD HOPKINSThe only thing I can do is be right about what I say. Because I know I’m being watched. I understand what I’m facing. All I can do is put the work behind it.
BERNARD HOPKINSI don’t know what being a 48-year-old feels like. There are a lot of 48 year olds that aren’t in good shape. The pharmacy is making a killing off of them.
BERNARD HOPKINSYou’re not going to see a new Bernard Hopkins. I’m too old for that crap. I think what you will see is something different that I know I am capable of doing.
BERNARD HOPKINSI like Sergio Martinez. I think he’s strong, he’s gritty, he’s got plenty of heart, he’s not the fanciest guy you might have seen in boxing but he has the goods to be around a long time in the Middleweight division.
BERNARD HOPKINSThere’s always a chance you will see something new in a fight. Especially in boxing.
BERNARD HOPKINSWhen you have somebody that’s smart and you’re not so smart, to me that’s modern day slavery because you’re being dictated to.
BERNARD HOPKINSAnybody who thinks I’m taking this fight for a paycheck doesn’t know me. My whole life I’ve been achieving the impossible.
BERNARD HOPKINSI wouldn’t wanna fight me, because I know it wouldn’t be a good outcome for both.
BERNARD HOPKINSI’m 100 percent clean. I’m doing this off of nuts and bananas.
BERNARD HOPKINSI always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain.
BERNARD HOPKINSThe streets was basically my parents.
BERNARD HOPKINSTavoris Cloud might actually be hungrier than me. How often do you hear a fighter say that his opponent is hungrier than he is? I don’t need hunger. I’m motivated by my desire to prove that I’m different and that I can still silence the critics.
BERNARD HOPKINSThe media here know that there’s the possibility that I can pull this off. I’m confident. Confidence comes with work. When you prepare yourself and you know you’re going into combat with all of your bullets, you have the confidence to go into battle.
BERNARD HOPKINSI’ve got a history of frustrating guys and making them angry.
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