Ninety-nine percent of getting over a problem is mental. Bernard Hopkins More Quotes by Bernard Hopkins More Quotes From Bernard Hopkins 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 values ifs knows It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. Bernard Hopkins effort challenges ordinary You’re hated by some, loved by others, but that’s what’s great about being different. If everybody loved you, that means you’re not doing the right thing most of the time. Bernard Hopkins being-different motivation mean 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. Bernard Hopkins work-out boxing people You've got to be willing to look at a guy's face and say I will kill you if I have to. You've got to be willing to look in his face and say that I will stab you, I will hurt you and you can't talk the game, you've got to really act and do the game. Prison is a thing where talking gets you killed. What gets you respect is you do. The guy that you fear is a guy that says nothing. Bernard Hopkins motivation hurt talking I would never let a white boy beat me. You can print that. I would never lose to a white person. Bernard Hopkins beats white boys I am an old man, I just happen to be an old man that can fight. Bernard Hopkins old-man fighting men The only way you can get experience is from the clock. Time works with some people and against some people. Fortunately, the clock has worked in my favor. Bernard Hopkins favors motivation people 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. Bernard Hopkins giving-up attention years There's no great person that lived that didn't go through scrutiny or ridicule and prosecution in all types of ways, to be who they are in history. Bernard Hopkins fighter motivation way Enjoy that you can see me now. I would love to see the great Michael Jordan and Julius Erving in their younger days, but they're gone. Look at me at 50, I'm going to eat right and live right so I can take less punches and look normal. Bernard Hopkins work-out gone looks When you have somebody that's smart and you're not so smart, to me that's modern day slavery because you're being dictated to. Bernard Hopkins slavery smart motivation I function better when my back is to the wall. Bernard Hopkins fighter wall motivation I'm lining up my troops to go to battle with. Tarver is the man at light heavyweight. He has the credibility of the fans and media, and that's what counts. That's why I am taking this risk, but I am taking it by preparing myself with good people. Bernard Hopkins motivation light men 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 have seen in boxing but he has the goods to be around a long time in the Middleweight division. Bernard Hopkins motivation strong heart This fight isn't about boxing, it's something deeper than that. Bernard Hopkins work-out boxing fighting I'd rather be an adviser. I don't wanna become a trainer because I think with the knowledge and the business sense that I've accomplished through my career and have credibility, why would I reduce myself down to being in a gym with a bunch of training which is not a bad thing to give advice, but I can do that with a suit and tie on and also be there when the cheques are written. I don't wanna be there when the cheques are handed down from 3 or 4 people's hands and then it hits mine as a trainer because 9/10 times, deductions have come out of that. Bernard Hopkins motivation hands thinking I'm 100 percent clean. I'm doing this off of nuts and bananas. Bernard Hopkins bananas clean nuts Did you hear what this idiot just said!? He said it's not about the W...It's everything about the W with me! Bernard Hopkins fighter motivation winning I want to be the poster child for taking care of yourself after 40. Obesity is an epidemic in this country and I'm a living, breathing example of what it means to stay healthy. Bernard Hopkins mean country children
