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. ”

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. ”

It's the inner that produces the outer. ”

The majority of fighters and athletes live double lives. ”

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

I understand and I don't understand human beings. ”

We want to give you the roses when you're dead. That's how human beings think. I try not to think like a human. ”

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 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. ”

If I go to a restaurant, which I do often, I know what I want, and it's not on the menu half the time. Half the time, they have to adjust the menu or what they got in the back, and they'll make it for me. ”