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Wrestling Quotes by Bernard Hopkins

40 Wrestling quotes by Bernard Hopkins

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Bernard Hopkins talks about crushing every opponent with style, like a warrior on a stage. He mentions that hunger isn’t his driver; experience and determination fuel him, even as an older fighter. He also praises the grit of younger boxers and the resilience that lets them survive powerful blows.

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I am a great champion.

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Most of my fights are intelligent.

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I wouldn't wanna fight me, because I know it wouldn't be a good outcome for both.

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If you notice, in every fight, I always have something to get into their head.

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There's always a chance you will see something new in a fight. Especially in boxing.

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This fight isn't about boxing, it's something deeper than that.

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I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight.

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No one's kicking down the door to fight Bernard Hopkins.

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I don't think I can get Jack Nicholson to come out and watch me fight.

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I think being 50 and being me is different than any other fighter in any era.

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I am going in there to win this fight. I don't think people are taking me seriously. I'm gonna surprise a lot…

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Hagler was a puncher-slugger. He'd box sometimes, but boxing wasn't his forte. His thing was relentless punishment and 'beat you.'

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There are so many things I've done that the world of boxing has witnessed. It's going to be difficult for the boxing…

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You look at De La Hoya, and you think that he is an actor or a singer. I'd like to rearrange a…

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

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

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

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

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I say the sweet science is to understand not only how to fight coming forward, how to be a big puncher, but…

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I must destroy everybody that comes in front of me. I must execute them and I must do it in grand style.…

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I love fighting big guys because I'm fast. I'm not a big, light heavyweight. I can move. I can get inside on…

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The middleweight division is one of the most exciting divisions in the sport. Fighters can punch like heavyweights and have the speed…

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Any UFC fighter, and any fighter going into the boxing ring and can do what they do in the UFC, nine out…

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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…

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

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

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The majority of fighters and athletes live double lives.

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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…

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

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

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The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match.

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This is a great position to be in. I don't really believe there is any fighter, in any decade that can be…

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Boxers are resilitant guys. We know how to take of a big punch that hits us, we know how to survive. Oscar…

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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…

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

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

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The NBA has a voice that's why they have a lockout. The NFL has a voice that's why they had a lockout.…

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Protect yourself at all times. It's what I talk to school kids and college kids about when I do my seminars. I'm…

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Tavoris Cloud might actually be hungrier than me. How often do you hear a fighter say that his opponent is hungrier than…

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You do a deal - business deal, real estate deal, stock deal - protect yourself at all times. I got that from…

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I avoid processed food.

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Ninety-nine percent of getting over a problem is mental.

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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.

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I must destroy everybody that comes in front of me. I must execute them and I must do it in grand style. I must…

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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…

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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.

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I'm the guy still driving a Nissan.

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Tavoris Cloud might actually be hungrier than me. How often do you hear a fighter say that his opponent is hungrier than he is?…

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I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight.

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There's more to life than having things: a Rolls-Royce, a big house, bling bling.

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I do much less sparring and always with the purpose of working on something in particular.

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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…

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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…

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The streets was basically my parents.

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Money is great, but history is something that you can never get rid of and act like it didn't happen.

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