Quotes from Bernard Hopkins

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

I'm special, in a way that is good. I don't have to explain 'special.' There is no definition for special. Special speaks for itself.

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.

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

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

When you grow up hard, when you grow up surviving, unfortunately, it helps.

There is nothing more important than staying alert, reading your opponent, that counts for both inside and outside the ring.

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

There are so many things I've done that the world of boxing has witnessed. It's going to be difficult for the boxing people to pick one of my performances as the best.

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

The only thing I can do is be right about what I say. Because I know I'm being watched. I understand what I'm facing. All I can do is put the work behind it.

You do a deal - business deal, real estate deal, stock deal - protect yourself at all times. I got that from boxing. That's from A to Z: that covers everything in life. And it started when I heard it in the ring. They don't say that in basketball or football or any other sport that I know of but boxing.

I like the old school, then I add the new school, and I got a concoction of greatness. I can't miss; you can't miss with that.

I always not only want push the envelope in my career but I also have an itch for going against the grain.

I was made to be where I'm at. I just had to go through some challenges, so that I can educate others later.

I saw worse stuff inside prison than I ever saw in the streets.

I have an orthodox style that a southpaw is confused with me.

Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins is an event where actors and actresses will come out, and I give all credit to Oscar for that.

I am not going to eat something that I have been told is not good for my system, and I do what I can to eat energy food, such as lean meats, whole grains, and lots of fruit and vegetables. Without this daily habit, my body would have given up a long time ago. There is no magic pill, no magic drink, no magic food.

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.

I looked up to Marvin Hagler, Ali.

I'm amongst you all, but I'm not one of you all.

Any UFC fighter, and any fighter going into the boxing ring and can do what they do in the UFC, nine out of 10 won't be victorious and vice-versa, with a boxer coming from - even myself - coming over to that field will be a fish trying to be in a jungle and survive. It's not going to happen.

Most people remember the ending of the book more than the beginning and the middle.