I have to be smarter than my opponents. I have to figure out their styles in the ring. I have to be three or four steps ahead of them. So my mind has to be sharp. Bernard Hopkins Read Quote
I don’t have a diet. Jenny Craig got a diet. Seriously. I eat to live, not to die. Bernard Hopkins Read Quote
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. Bernard Hopkins Read Quote
I’ve had a hard life. I smell and sense fear. I didn’t get that from Catholic school; I know what fear is. Bernard Hopkins Read Quote
Boxing is a small world where the same thing that goes on, goes on in corporate America. Bernard Hopkins Read Quote
The worst damage a person – a fighter or even a person that’s just everyday living – is shorten your life by your lifestyle. Bernard Hopkins Read Quote
When you get to a certain age in society, they want to dictate to you when you should pack it in and that you should mentally grab a cane, a box of Depends, Geritol, listen to the oldies, and not eat spicy food after 9 o’clock. Bernard Hopkins Read Quote
When I left the penitentiary, I learned to stay away from the Philly cheesesteaks, the pizza, the junk that clogs your arteries and kills you. Bernard Hopkins Read Quote
If you don’t know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it’ll be less than you’re worth. Bernard Hopkins Read Quote