A biography for Bernard Hopkinshasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“If I was a bad guy, I probably would be incarcerated.”
“When they say you can't, show them you can.”
“If you notice, in every fight, I always have something to get into their head.”
“Hand-eye coordination and reflexes is something I work on more than anything.”
“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.”
“When guys say at the press conference, 'I'm not scared' - now, for a guy to tell me he's not scared of me means that you are scared.”
“When you get older, the first thing that starts to go is reflexes, and reflexes are important for any person, especially an athlete - to react to something in a time when something is going on, and you can't be a second or two behind.”
“I would love to play with the Flyers. I got the two front teeth missing, so I can look the part. I'm ready cosmetically. I could fit right in.”
“Most of my fights are intelligent.”
“I have an orthodox style that a southpaw is confused with me.”
“Protect yourself at all times. It's what I talk to school kids and college kids about when I do my seminars. I'm not just talking about in the ring. Protect yourself at all times.”
“Ninety-nine percent of getting over a problem is mental.”
“Oscar De La Hoya is unique. Even Ray Leonard didn't have the star power Oscar has.”
“I'm a guy that likes to work in the spa and get on the elliptical.”
“If you read Bernard Hopkins' name in the dictionary, the definition would be 'discipline.'”
“I'm not downplaying my age - because humankind is such that people run away from their age. Especially women. Guys pretend not to care, but they do. Age is not a good thing to most human beings. But, being an alien, I embrace it.”
“It's two sides to everybody. I'm a manager - I'm a promoter - and I'm a fighter, so it is two sides to me. That's a balance there.”
“I have to constantly work on my reflexes and hand-eye coordination. I do a lot of puzzles. I play chess.”
“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.”