Tavoris 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 HOPKINSI want to be the poster child for taking care of yourself after 40. Obesity is an epidemic in this country and I’m a living, breathing example of what it means to stay healthy.
More Bernard Hopkins Quotes
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There’s always a chance you will see something new in a fight. Especially in boxing.
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I’ve done so many unpredictable things and so profoundly. Even the people who want to go against me, are afraid to go against me. They’ve been wrong so many times. A lot of them are just being mum right now. They must feel I can still do things.
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I’ve got a history of frustrating guys and making them angry.
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It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary.
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If I’m in a situation where Duane Ford is one of the judges, I have to pick it up.
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The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match.
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If you don’t know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it’ll be less than you’re worth.
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There’s no great person that lived that didn’t go through scrutiny or ridicule and prosecution in all types of ways, to be who they are in history.
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I didn’t need to take any fight for the last 10 years. But I’ve always fought the best and I’ve always wanted to prove myself to the best.
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I’m lining up my troops to go to battle with. Tarver is the man at light heavyweight. He has the credibility of the fans and media, and that’s what counts. That’s why I am taking this risk, but I am taking it by preparing myself with good people.
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I always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain.
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I really didn’t care. I’d do something to somebody and walk in front of them the next day like it never happened. I had very very low value on my own life.
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I am going in there to win this fight. I don’t think people are taking me seriously. I’m gonna surprise a lot of people. This guy helped two people make history.
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Did you hear what this idiot just said!? He said it’s not about the W…It’s everything about the W with me!
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The middleweight division is one of the most exciting divisions in the sport. Fighters can punch like heavyweights and have the speed of the lightweights. You have the best of world worlds.
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