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.
BERNARD HOPKINSI am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight.
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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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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I still shop at Costco. I just started tipping two years ago.
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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 would never let a white boy beat me. You can print that. I would never lose to a white person.
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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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I got knocked down. Anybody could be knocked down, anybody can be knocked out, but it’s not what happened, but what happens next.
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The streets was basically my parents.
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I’ve got a history of frustrating guys and making them angry.
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I 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.
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Smokey Wilson was like my Gandhi. If I had run into somebody else in prison, with a different set of values, the world might have never known one of the greatest boxing talents ever to come out of Philadelphia.
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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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The 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.
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I was told I would be back in 90 days. If I listened to people, I would be back where I came from – the penitentiary.
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This fight isn’t about boxing, it’s something deeper than that.
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