If you don’t know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it’ll be less than you’re worth.
BERNARD HOPKINSThis is a great position to be in. I don’t really believe there is any fighter, in any decade that can be in my position of luxury that I’ve been in for many years.
More Bernard Hopkins Quotes
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Prison is a thing where talking gets you killed. What gets you respect is you do. The guy that you fear is a guy that says nothing.
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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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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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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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If I’m in a situation where Duane Ford is one of the judges, I have to pick it up.
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I wouldn’t wanna fight me, because I know it wouldn’t be a good outcome for both.
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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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This fight isn’t about boxing, it’s something deeper than that.
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I 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.
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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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I’m 100 percent clean. I’m doing this off of nuts and bananas.
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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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Boxers 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.
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The powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are.
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