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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.

Bernard Hopkins

There are so many things I’ve done that the world of boxing has witnessed. It’s going to be difficult for the boxing people to pick one of my performances as the best.
BERNARD HOPKINS

Boxing Out People Work
If I’m in a situation where Duane Ford is one of the judges, I have to pick it up.
BERNARD HOPKINS

Fighter Judging Motivation
I wouldn’t wanna fight me, because I know it wouldn’t be a good outcome for both.
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Fighting Motivation Outcomes
There’s always a chance you will see something new in a fight. Especially in boxing.
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Boxing Chance Fighting
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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Motivation Philadelphia Running
You’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.
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Bernard Different Hopkins Thinking
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
I still shop at Costco. I just started tipping two years ago.
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Motivation Two Years
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.
BERNARD HOPKINS

Fighting Motivation Winning
When 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 HOPKINS

Motivation Slavery Smart
If you don’t know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it’ll be less than you’re worth.
BERNARD HOPKINS

Knows Own Value Worth
I function better when my back is to the wall.
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Fighter Motivation Wall
Enjoy that you can see me now. I would love to see the great Michael Jordan and Julius Erving in their younger days, but they’re gone. Look at me at 50, I’m going to eat right and live right so I can take less punches and look normal.
BERNARD HOPKINS

Gone Looks Out Work
I 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 HOPKINS

Killing Shapes Years
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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Children Country Mean
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

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