Bernard Hopkins
Athlete
1965-01-15
Bernard Hopkins is an American former professional boxer and multi-division world champion known for longevity and title success.
Quotes by Bernard Hopkins
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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.
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I do much less sparring and always with the purpose of working on something in particular.
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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.
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I want to be the spokesman for the 40-and-older crowd, inspiring people to believe that no matter their age, they can be healthy and save their lives.
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When they say you can't, show them you can.
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If you don't know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it'll be less than you're worth.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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