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> [I'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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/i-m-lining-up-my-troops-to-go-to-battle-with-tarver-is-the-man-at/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

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## More by Bernard Hopkins

> [I avoid processed food.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/i-avoid-processed-food/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

> [Ninety-nine percent of getting over a problem is mental.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/ninety-nine-percent-of-getting-over-a-problem-is-mental/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

> [I always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/i-always-not-only-want-push-the-envelope-in-my-career-but-i-also-have/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

> [I must destroy everybody that comes in front of me. I must execute them and I must do it in grand style. I must…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/i-must-destroy-everybody-that-comes-in-front-of-me-i-must-execute/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/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 rest doing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/i-don-t-rest-in-my-business-interests-i-don-t-rest-being-a-husband-i/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

> [We want to give you the roses when you're dead. That's how human beings think. I try not to think like a human.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/we-want-to-give-you-the-roses-when-you-re-dead-that-s-how-human/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

> [I'm the guy still driving a Nissan.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/i-m-the-guy-still-driving-a-nissan/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

> [Tavoris Cloud might actually be hungrier than me. How often do you hear a fighter say that his opponent is hungrier than he is?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/tavoris-cloud-might-actually-be-hungrier-than-me-how-often-do-you/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

> [I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/i-am-an-old-man-i-just-happen-to-be-an-old-man-that-can-fight/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

> [There's more to life than having things: a Rolls-Royce, a big house, bling bling.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/there-s-more-to-life-than-having-things-a-rolls-royce-a-big-house/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

> [I do much less sparring and always with the purpose of working on something in particular.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/i-do-much-less-sparring-and-always-with-the-purpose-of-working-on/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

> [If your car takes 95 and you put 87 in it, it's gonna run sluggish, right? A lot of people don't realize what you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/if-your-car-takes-95-and-you-put-87-in-it-it-s-gonna-run-sluggish/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

> [You look at De La Hoya, and you think that he is an actor or a singer. I'd like to rearrange a couple of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/you-look-at-de-la-hoya-and-you-think-that-he-is-an-actor-or-a-singer/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

> [The streets was basically my parents.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/the-streets-was-basically-my-parents/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

> [Money is great, but history is something that you can never get rid of and act like it didn't happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bernard-hopkins/money-is-great-but-history-is-something-that-you-can-never-get-rid-of/)

[Bernard Hopkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bernard-hopkins/)

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