- Nov 07, 2020
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- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
You cannot go into combat without putting the work in.
- Proving
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm tired of proving myself.
- Appreciate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ninety percent of the media picked Pavlik, and I always appreciate naysayers. That's what motivates me.
- Body
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- Nov 07, 2020
I learned a lot from being in hell. I learned discipline. I learned that I choose what to put in my body.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
The young is always there to replace what we call the old. That's the process, even in nature.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm amongst you all, but I'm not one of you all.
- Drink
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't drink occasionally. I don't drink on the holidays. I don't drink alcohol, period. Not wine, not nothing.
- Fighter
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Bad Guy
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I was a bad guy, I probably would be incarcerated.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Looked
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- Nov 07, 2020
I looked up to Marvin Hagler, Ali.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Nov 07, 2020
I say the sweet science is to hit and not get hit.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Age is not a problem. It becomes a problem when people try and make us think old.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one's kicking down the door to fight Bernard Hopkins.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've had a hard life. I smell and sense fear. I didn't get that from Catholic school; I know what fear is.
- Boxing
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boxing is a small world where the same thing that goes on, goes on in corporate America.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
If I can create an atmosphere to make my job easier and your confidence less, why not?
- Mental
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ninety-nine percent of getting over a problem is mental.
- Jungle
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Legacy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've shown, for twenty-plus years, with a legacy that will be talked about way after I'm gone, that I am different.
- Intelligent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most of my fights are intelligent.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Fighting
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Debate
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- Nov 07, 2020
They had to debate whether Joe Frazier should be in the Boxing Hall of Fame or not. I'm making sure that it would be a felony to sit down and debate whether or not Bernard Hopkins deserves to be in the hall of fame.
- Guy
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm the guy still driving a Nissan.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
That materialistic life, that's not my god.
- Enemy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Age is not an enemy to me.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Less
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- Nov 07, 2020
I do much less sparring and always with the purpose of working on something in particular.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is nothing more important than staying alert, reading your opponent, that counts for both inside and outside the ring.
- Fighter
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think being 50 and being me is different than any other fighter in any era.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Champion
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am a great champion.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
Money is great, but history is something that you can never get rid of and act like it didn't happen.
- Coordination
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to constantly work on my reflexes and hand-eye coordination. I do a lot of puzzles. I play chess.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Dies
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- Nov 07, 2020
A body that doesn't move mentally or physically dies.
- Food
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- Nov 07, 2020
I avoid processed food.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
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.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to do things that are noncombat- or boxing-related. So I jump rope a lot, and then I run a lot.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boxing should not let - we should not let - the people in business of boxing should not let a person to just walk right in and get the grand prize of boxing. You can't do it in basketball, football, hockey.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you really look at it, I have done the 'American Dream' that people have died on boats to come here to live.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oscar De La Hoya is unique. Even Ray Leonard didn't have the star power Oscar has.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
You look at De La Hoya, and you think that he is an actor or a singer. I'd like to rearrange a couple of things on his face so the pretty boy becomes just another boxer.
- Give
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- Nov 07, 2020
Oscar De La Hoya and Bernard Hopkins is an event where actors and actresses will come out, and I give all credit to Oscar for that.
- Ending
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- Nov 07, 2020
Just because you started off one way don't mean the ending of the book has to be the way you started.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
Most people remember the ending of the book more than the beginning and the middle.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have an orthodox style that a southpaw is confused with me.
- Father Time
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- Nov 07, 2020
Father Time is whether you're an athlete or not an athlete. Father Time is always around. I think I'm just special.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
The worst damage a person - a fighter or even a person that's just everyday living - is shorten your life by your lifestyle.
- Punishment
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- Nov 07, 2020