Quotes from Bernard Hopkins

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

I would love to play with the Flyers. I got the two front teeth missing, so I can look the part. I'm ready cosmetically. I could fit right in.

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.

I am a proud man and never takes things for granted in my life.

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

If I can convince you that I'm going to beat you up, and you believe me, that's your fault.

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

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

The majority of fighters and athletes live double lives.

If I can create an atmosphere to make my job easier and your confidence less, why not?

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

My whole career, I got a lot of credit for not taking punches.

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

When you get older, the first thing that starts to go is reflexes, and reflexes are important for any person, especially an athlete - to react to something in a time when something is going on, and you can't be a second or two behind.

I really didn't care. I'd do something to somebody and walk in front of them the next day like it never happened. I had very very low value on my own life.

I'm so glad that I didn't give up on myself and there were people who didn't give up on me.

When they say you can't, show them you can.

Oscar De La Hoya is unique. Even Ray Leonard didn't have the star power Oscar has.

I don't react and think off emotions - that gets you in a bad situation.

I don't have a diet. Jenny Craig got a diet. Seriously. I eat to live, not to die.

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 things on his face so the pretty boy becomes just another boxer.

I think I got the ability to speak the truth, and that gets in peoples' heads.

I'm tired of proving myself.

Hand-eye coordination and reflexes is something I work on more than anything.