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 HOPKINSThe only thing I can do is be right about what I say. Because I know I’m being watched. I understand what I’m facing. All I can do is put the work behind it.
BERNARD HOPKINSThis fight isn’t about boxing, it’s something deeper than that.
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 HOPKINSI’m lining up my troops to go to battle with. Tarver is the man at light heavyweight. He has the credibility of the fans and media, and that’s what counts. That’s why I am taking this risk, but I am taking it by preparing myself with good people.
BERNARD HOPKINSThe streets was basically my parents.
BERNARD HOPKINSThere 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 HOPKINSThe powers that be don’t want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are.
BERNARD HOPKINSYou’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.
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 HOPKINSI 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 HOPKINSI got knocked down. Anybody could be knocked down, anybody can be knocked out, but it’s not what happened, but what happens next.
BERNARD HOPKINSI was told I would be back in 90 days. If I listened to people, I would be back where I came from – the penitentiary.
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 HOPKINSPrison 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.
BERNARD HOPKINSI must destroy everybody that comes in front of me. I must execute them and I must do it in grand style. I must slay Robert Allen like I must slay De La Hoya or anybody else that steps in that ring.
BERNARD HOPKINS