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I always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain.

Bernard Hopkins

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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Believe Luxury Years
The streets was basically my parents.
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Fighter Motivation Parent
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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Heart Motivation Strong
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 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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Motivation People
The 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.
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Boxing Lockout Motivation Sports
The 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.
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Division Heavyweights Sports
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.
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Killing Shapes Years
Did you hear what this idiot just said!? He said it’s not about the W…It’s everything about the W with me!
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Fighter Motivation Winning
I function better when my back is to the wall.
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Fighter Motivation Wall
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.
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Fighting Workout Years
I’m 100 percent clean. I’m doing this off of nuts and bananas.
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Bananas Clean Nuts
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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Guy Motivation Stronger
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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Challenges Made Out Work
I’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.
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Attention Give Up Years
The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match.
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Fighting Mma Motivation
It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary.
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Challenges Effort Ordinary
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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Favor Motivation People
I always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain.
BERNARD HOPKINS

Careers Out Want Work
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
The 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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Battle Bullets Media
I’ve got a history of frustrating guys and making them angry.
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Fighter Guy Motivation
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
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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Beats Boys White
If you don’t know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it’ll be less than you’re worth.
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Knows Own Value Worth
The 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.
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Behinds Knows Out Work
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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