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The powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are.

Bernard Hopkins

It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary.
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Challenges Effort Ordinary
There’s always a chance you will see something new in a fight. Especially in boxing.
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Boxing Chance Fighting
I function better when my back is to the wall.
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Fighter Motivation Wall
I have the philosophy that I’m different. I have the body, the well-being and the experience. Now the teacher gets to show the student that he’s worthy of the lesson. Let me show him through experience.
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Different Philosophy Teacher
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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Beats Boys White
The 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.
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Battle Bullets Media
The NBA has a voice that’s why they have a lockout. The NFL has a voice that’s why they had a lockout. Boxing is the only sport that’s individually represented the individual people – Managers, Promoters and Boxers.
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Boxing Lockout Motivation Sports
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.
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Attention Give Up Years
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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Division Heavyweights Sports
You’ve got to be willing to look at a guy’s face and say I will kill you if I have to. You’ve got to be willing to look in his face and say that I will stab you, I will hurt you and you can’t talk the game, you’ve got to really act and do the game.
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Hurt Motivation Talking
Understand that I’m at my best when it comes to proving a point, not only to show that I’m a better fighter and a better athlete at 40½ years old, but I’m at my best when I know I’ve got to beat the system again.
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Athlete Motivation Years
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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Knows Own Value Worth
I was made to be where I’m at. I just had to go through some challenges, so that I can educate others later.
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Challenges Made Out Work
You’re hated by some, loved by others, but that’s what’s great about being different. If everybody loved you, that means you’re not doing the right thing most of the time.
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Being Different Mean Motivation
The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match.
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Fighting Mma Motivation
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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Fighting Workout Years

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