Bernard Hopkins Quotes

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

I've got a history of frustrating guys and making them angry. — Bernard Hopkins

I was told I would be back in 90 days. If I listened to people, I would be back where I came from - the penitentiary. — Bernard Hopkins

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

The streets was basically my parents. — Bernard Hopkins

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

I look up to Bernard Hopkins as a fighter. I'm honored to be his co-main event and to be able to give a great performance. — Keith Thurman

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

I still shop at Costco. I just started tipping two years ago. — 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

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

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

I'm 100 percent clean. I'm doing this off of nuts and bananas. — Bernard Hopkins

The controversy was that Chad Dawson thought he was in an MMA fight and not a boxing match. — Bernard Hopkins

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

I function better when my back is to the wall. — Bernard Hopkins

If I'm in a situation where Duane Ford is one of the judges, I have to pick it up. — 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

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

It takes no effort to be ordinary. Ordinary is not even a challenge. You can do nothing and be ordinary. — Bernard Hopkins

I would never let a white boy beat me. You can print that. I would never lose to a white person. — Bernard Hopkins

The powers that be don't want athletes or boxers to become as smart as they are. — Bernard Hopkins

There's always a chance you will see something new in a fight. Especially in boxing. — Bernard Hopkins

I wouldn't wanna fight me, because I know it wouldn't be a good outcome for both. — Bernard Hopkins

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

Bernard Hopkins' accomplishments and achievements are far beyond that of the norm. — Don King