Quotes from Bernard Hopkins

I have to constantly work on my reflexes and hand-eye coordination. I do a lot of puzzles. I play chess.

Always have to think like a guy with no food in his refrigerator.

If you read Bernard Hopkins' name in the dictionary, the definition would be 'discipline.'

My personal feeling is that Bernard Hopkins has never been an industry boy.

Soda is the worst thing.

If you don't know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it'll be less than you're worth.

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

The young is always there to replace what we call the old. That's the process, even in nature.

I love fighting big guys because I'm fast. I'm not a big, light heavyweight. I can move. I can get inside on them. I'm inside, I'm wrestling with them, and they're just wrestling, but all the time, I'm chopping; I'm slapping.

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

Most of my fights are intelligent.

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

Some people might think they're invincible, but I don't.

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

They had to debate whether Joe Frazier should be in the Boxing Hall of Fame or not. I'm making sure that it would be a felony to sit down and debate whether or not Bernard Hopkins deserves to be in the hall of fame.

Yes, we have to look at our opponents and study our opponents. But you have to look at you first and know you can do it.

I've had a hard life. I smell and sense fear. I didn't get that from Catholic school; I know what fear is.

If you smoke, plain and simple, stop smoking. If you drink, plain and simple, stop.

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

No one's kicking down the door to fight 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, then it's wishful thinking.

If you get your body right, you get your mind right, whatever you do, you have a fighting chance, and you have a chance to be victorious.

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 put in your body affects your mechanics, and you're gonna run sluggish.

If I go to a restaurant, which I do often, I know what I want, and it's not on the menu half the time. Half the time, they have to adjust the menu or what they got in the back, and they'll make it for me.