Bernard Hopkins

“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.”

“Boxing is the sweet science. You hit and not get hit. There's no reward for you to hit me more than I hit you other than on the scorecards.”

“I love fighting big guys because I'm fast. I'm not a big, light heavyweight. I can move. I can get inside on them. I'm inside, I'm wrestling with them, and they're just wrestling, but all the time, I'm chopping; I'm slapping.”

“Ninety percent of the media picked Pavlik, and I always appreciate naysayers. That's what motivates me.”

“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.”

“Always have to think like a guy with no food in his refrigerator.”

“You cannot go into combat without putting the work in.”

“It's the inner that produces the outer.”

“Yes, we have to look at our opponents and study our opponents. But you have to look at you first and know you can do it.”

“One thing I want people to know before I leave this game is I gave it my all.”

“I say the sweet science is to understand not only how to fight coming forward, how to be a big puncher, but also understand, if you run into a guy who can take your punch for the first time, how to react.”

“A body that doesn't move mentally or physically dies.”

“There's more to life than having things: a Rolls-Royce, a big house, bling bling.”

“I'm so glad that I didn't give up on myself and there were people who didn't give up on me.”

“I'm a health-awareness guy, and all of that includes how I eat, how much I rest, and how I keep my skin good. Any kind of maintenance that I would do on a car, I do on myself.”

“I don't react and think off emotions - that gets you in a bad situation.”

“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 don't rest in my business interests, I don't rest being a husband, I don't rest being a father, and I don't rest doing none of these things because when you rest, you get comfortable.”

“If you don't know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it'll be less than you're worth.”

“The young is always there to replace what we call the old. That's the process, even in nature.”