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.
BERNARD HOPKINSI 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.
More Bernard Hopkins Quotes
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I’ve got a history of frustrating guys and making them angry.
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This 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.
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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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The streets was basically my parents.
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This fight isn’t about boxing, it’s something deeper than that.
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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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I still shop at Costco. I just started tipping two years ago.
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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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The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match.
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I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight.
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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 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 function better when my back is to the wall.
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The only way you can get experience is from the clock. Time works with some people and against some people. Fortunately, the clock has worked in my favor.
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