Bernard Hopkins

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…

— Bernard Hopkins

The worst damage a person - a fighter or even a person that's just everyday living - is shorten your life by…

— Bernard Hopkins

Being able to do what I do in the ring and out of the ring is evidence that I'm not from this…

— Bernard Hopkins

I was told I would be back in 90 days. If I listened to people, I would be back where I came…

— Bernard Hopkins

It's two sides to everybody. I'm a manager - I'm a promoter - and I'm a fighter, so it is two sides…

— Bernard Hopkins

You're not going to see a new Bernard Hopkins. I'm too old for that crap. I think what you will see is…

— Bernard Hopkins

I'm not going to give up. If you pay attention to my plan and the way I live and the way I…

— Bernard Hopkins

Boxing is the sweet science. You hit and not get hit. There's no reward for you to hit me more than I…

— Bernard Hopkins

The Pavlik fight was the first time I heard the masses put the word knockout attached to my opponent. I'm real keen…

— Bernard Hopkins

When you get to a certain age in society, they want to dictate to you when you should pack it in and…

— Bernard Hopkins

It takes a very very strong individual not to be corrupt in any of those things as time moves on. Myself and…

— Bernard Hopkins

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…

— Bernard Hopkins

Boxing should not let - we should not let - the people in business of boxing should not let a person to…

— Bernard Hopkins

They had to debate whether Joe Frazier should be in the Boxing Hall of Fame or not. I'm making sure that it…

— Bernard Hopkins

Smokey Wilson was like my Gandhi. If I had run into somebody else in prison, with a different set of values, the…

— Bernard Hopkins

I don't rest in my business interests, I don't rest being a husband, I don't rest being a father, and I don't…

— Bernard Hopkins

I want to be the spokesman for the 40-and-older crowd, inspiring people to believe that no matter their age, they can be…

— Bernard Hopkins

When I left the penitentiary, I learned to stay away from the Philly cheesesteaks, the pizza, the junk that clogs your arteries…

— Bernard Hopkins

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

I like to do things that are noncombat- or boxing-related. So I jump rope a lot, and then I run a lot.

— Bernard Hopkins

To me, you can be young in your mind, in the way you think, but if your body don't come with that,…

— Bernard Hopkins

Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins is an event where actors and actresses will come out, and I give all credit…

— Bernard Hopkins

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.…

— Bernard Hopkins

The only way you can get experience is from the clock. Time works with some people and against some people. Fortunately, the…

— Bernard Hopkins

Father Time is whether you're an athlete or not an athlete. Father Time is always around. I think I'm just special.

— Bernard Hopkins

Anybody who thinks I'm taking this fight for a paycheck doesn't know me. My whole life I've been achieving the impossible.

— Bernard Hopkins

I don't drink occasionally. I don't drink on the holidays. I don't drink alcohol, period. Not wine, not nothing.

— Bernard Hopkins

Boxing is a small world where the same thing that goes on, goes on in corporate America.

— Bernard Hopkins

I learned a lot from being in hell. I learned discipline. I learned that I choose what to put in my body.

— Bernard Hopkins

I have to be smarter than my opponents. I have to figure out their styles in the ring. I have to be…

— Bernard Hopkins

If you get your body right, you get your mind right, whatever you do, you have a fighting chance, and you have…

— Bernard Hopkins

UFC is street fighting in a cage. Boxing is a controlled, skilled talent. There's no comparison.

— Bernard Hopkins

If you really look at it, I have done the 'American Dream' that people have died on boats to come here to…

— Bernard Hopkins

I was made to be where I'm at. I just had to go through some challenges, so that I can educate others…

— Bernard Hopkins