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.
BERNARD HOPKINSYou’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.
BERNARD HOPKINSI’m 100 percent clean. I’m doing this off of nuts and bananas.
BERNARD HOPKINSThe streets was basically my parents.
BERNARD HOPKINSI wouldn’t wanna fight me, because I know it wouldn’t be a good outcome for both.
BERNARD HOPKINSI’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.
BERNARD HOPKINSIf you don’t know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it’ll be less than you’re worth.
BERNARD HOPKINSThe powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are.
BERNARD HOPKINSAnybody who thinks I’m taking this fight for a paycheck doesn’t know me. My whole life I’ve been achieving the impossible.
BERNARD HOPKINSDid you hear what this idiot just said!? He said it’s not about the W…It’s everything about the W with me!
BERNARD HOPKINSThe 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.
BERNARD HOPKINSThis fight isn’t about boxing, it’s something deeper than that.
BERNARD HOPKINSI 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.
BERNARD HOPKINSI would never let a white boy beat me. You can print that. I would never lose to a white person.
BERNARD HOPKINSBoxers 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.
BERNARD HOPKINSThe 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.
BERNARD HOPKINSThe 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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