43 Most Inspiring Bernard Hopkins Quotes (BOXING)

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Top 10 Most Famous Bernard Hopkins Quotes (BEST)

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

Age is a limit we put on ourselves. You're as old as you think you are. — Age is a limit we put on ourselves. You’re as old as you think you are.

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

It's not the size of a man, it's the size of his heart that matters. — It’s not the size of a man, it’s the size of his heart that matters.

My legacy is not about my accomplishments in the ring, but about inspiring others. — My **legacy** is not about my **accomplishments** in the ring, but about **inspiring** others.

I knew what I had, I knew what I could do, and I knew that I didn't need to hide it from anyone. — I knew what I had, I knew what I could do, and I knew that I didn’t need to hide it from anyone.

I'm not as good as I'm going to get, but I'm better than I used to be. — I’m not as good as I’m going to get, but I’m better than I used to be.

When they say you can't, show them you can. — When they say you can’t, show them you can.

A body that doesn't move mentally or physically dies. — A body that doesn’t move mentally or physically dies.

I have to be smarter than my opponents. I have to figure out their styles in the ring. I have to be three or four steps ahead of them. So my mind has to be sharp.

7 Inspirational Bernard Hopkins Quotes on Success

The only way you can get experience is from the clock. Time works with some people and against some people. Fortunately, the clock has worked in my favor. — The only way you can get experience is from the clock. **Time** works with some people and against some people. Fortunately, the clock has worked in my favor.

You’re hated by some, loved by others, but that’s what’s great about being different. If everybody loved you, that means you’re not doing the right thing most of the time.

Execution is the ability to do what you do best under pressure. — Execution is the **ability** to do what you do best under pressure.

I got knocked down. Anybody could be knocked down, anybody can be knocked out, but it's not what happened, but what happens next. — I got knocked down. Anybody could be knocked down, anybody can be knocked out, but it’s not what happened, but what happens next.

You've got to be able to adapt to change. — You’ve got to be able to **adapt** to **change**.

You have to have faith in yourself. — You have to have **faith** in yourself.

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. — 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.

12 Bernard Hopkins Quotes About Boxing

“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

Boxing is not about your feelings; it's about performance. — Boxing is not about your feelings; it’s about performance.

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. — 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.

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.

There is nothing more important than staying alert, reading your opponent, that counts for both inside and outside the ring.

There are so many things I've done that the world of boxing has witnessed. It's going to be difficult for the boxing people to pick one of my performances as the best. — There are so many things I’ve done that the world of boxing has witnessed. It’s going to be difficult for the boxing people to pick one of my performances as the best.

Anybody who thinks I'm taking this fight for a paycheck doesn't know me. My whole life I've been achieving the impossible. — Anybody who thinks I’m taking this fight for a paycheck doesn’t know me. My whole life I’ve been achieving the impossible.

My whole career, I got a lot of credit for not taking punches. — My whole **career**, I got a lot of credit for not taking punches.

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

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

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

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

14 Wise Bernard Hopkins Quotes About Life and Diet

“Enjoy that you can see me now. I would love to see the great Michael Jordan and Julius Erving in their younger days, but they’re gone. Look at me at 50, I’m going to eat right and live right so I can take less punches and look normal.”
Bernard Hopkins

There's more to life than having things a Rolls-Royce, a big house, bling bling. — There’s more to **life** than having things: a Rolls-Royce, a big house, bling bling.

I don't have a diet. Jenny Craig got a diet. Seriously. I eat to live, not to die. — I don’t have a diet. Jenny Craig got a diet. Seriously. I eat to live, not to die.

If you smoke, plain and simple, stop smoking. If you drink, plain and simple, stop. — If you smoke, plain and simple, **stop smoking**. If you drink, plain and simple, stop.

I'm not going to give up. If you pay attention to my plan and the way I live and the way I eat, then you have a chance to extend your life a few more years. — I’m not going to give up. If you pay attention to my plan and the way I live and the way I eat, then you have a **chance** to extend your life a few more years.

I want to be the poster child for taking care of yourself after 40. Obesity is an epidemic in this country and I'm a living, breathing example of what it means to stay healthy. — I want to be the poster child for taking care of yourself after 40. Obesity is an epidemic in this country and I’m a living, **breathing** example of what it means to stay **healthy**.

I learned a lot from being in hell. I learned discipline. I learned that I choose what to put in my body. — I learned a lot from being in hell. I learned **discipline**. I learned that I choose what to put in my body.

It's not bragging if you can back it up. — It’s not bragging if you can back it up.

I function better when my back is to the wall.

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

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. — 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.

Age is not a problem. It becomes a problem when people try and make us think old.

I'm special, in a way that is good. I don't have to explain 'special.' There is no definition for special. Special speaks for itself. — I’m special, in a way that is good. I don’t have to explain ‘special.’ There is no definition for special. Special speaks for itself.

“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.”
Bernard Hopkins