The young is always there to replace what we call the old. That's the process, even in nature. Bernard Hopkins More Quotes by Bernard Hopkins More Quotes From Bernard Hopkins I didn't need to take any fight for the last 10 years. But I've always fought the best and I've always wanted to prove myself to the best. Bernard Hopkins work-outfightingyears I must destroy everybody that comes in front of me. I must execute them and I must do it in grand style. I must slay Robert Allen like I must slay De La Hoya or anybody else that steps in that ring. Bernard Hopkins stylemotivationsteps Early on in my career I had the kind of anxious where you couldn't sleep at night. That anxiousness is like a virus we all have in us. Some you can deal with but some will wipe you out. Bernard Hopkins careerssleepnight Anybody who thinks I'm taking this fight for a paycheck doesn't know me. My whole life I've been achieving the impossible. Bernard Hopkins motivationfightingthinking Boxers are resilitant guys. We know how to take of a big punch that hits us, we know how to survive. Oscar is a survivor, he's gonna be back bigger and stronger. Bernard Hopkins strongermotivationguy I still shop at Costco. I just started tipping two years ago. Bernard Hopkins motivationtwoyears Smokey Wilson was like my Gandhi. If I had run into somebody else in prison, with a different set of values, the world might have never known one of the greatest boxing talents ever to come out of Philadelphia. Bernard Hopkins philadelphiamotivationrunning The media here know that there's the possibility that I can pull this off. I'm confident. Confidence comes with work. When you prepare yourself and you know you're going into combat with all of your bullets, you have the confidence to go into battle. Bernard Hopkins bulletsmediabattle It takes a very very strong individual not to be corrupt in any of those things as time moves on. Myself and other people who went that road and experienced that world, some got a second birth of life and some is in the dirt. Bernard Hopkins motivationstrongmoving I am going in there to win this fight. I don't think people are taking me seriously. I'm gonna surprise a lot of people. This guy helped two people make history. Bernard Hopkins motivationfightingwinning The Pavlik fight was the first time I heard the masses put the word knockout attached to my opponent. I'm real keen on what people say. Ninety percent of it might be garbage, but something in there might be the plan. That woke me up and I knew I wanted to destroy. Bernard Hopkins fightingrealpeople 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. Bernard Hopkins behindswork-outknows I got knocked down. Anybody could be knocked down, anybody can be knocked out, but it's not what happened, but what happens next. Bernard Hopkins fighternextmotivation I've done so many unpredictable things and so profoundly. Even the people who want to go against me, are afraid to go against me. They've been wrong so many times. A lot of them are just being mum right now. They must feel I can still do things. Bernard Hopkins unpredictable-thingswork-outpeople Understand that I'm at my best when it comes to proving a point, not only to show that I'm a better fighter and a better athlete at 40½ years old, but I'm at my best when I know I've got to beat the system again. Bernard Hopkins motivationathleteyears The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match. Bernard Hopkins mmamotivationfighting I was made to be where I'm at. I just had to go through some challenges, so that I can educate others later. Bernard Hopkins work-outchallengesmade If I'm in a situation where Duane Ford is one of the judges, I have to pick it up. Bernard Hopkins fightermotivationjudging I don't know what being a 48-year-old feels like. There are a lot of 48 year olds that aren't in good shape. The pharmacy is making a killing off of them. Bernard Hopkins shapeskillingyears I've got a history of frustrating guys and making them angry. Bernard Hopkins fightermotivationguy
