You think it's hard for me when I go in the ring and fight? That's the least of my problems. I think about the five years that I did in prison. I thi…

- Bernard Hopkins

It takes a very very strong individual not to be corrupt in any of those things as time moves on. Myself and other people who went that road and expe…

- Bernard Hopkins

The middleweight division is one of the most exciting divisions in the sport. Fighters can punch like heavyweights and have the speed of the lightwei…

- Bernard Hopkins

I am going in there to win this fight. I don't think people are taking me seriously. I'm gonna surprise a lot of people. This guy helped two people m…

- Bernard Hopkins

I wouldn't wanna fight me, because I know it wouldn't be a good outcome for both.

- Bernard Hopkins

Early on in my career I had the kind of anxious where you couldn't sleep at night. That anxiousness is like a virus we all have in us. Some you can d…

- Bernard Hopkins

Understand that I'm at my best when it comes to proving a point, not only to show that I'm a better fighter and a better athlete at 40½ years old, bu…

- Bernard Hopkins

Boxers are resilitant guys. We know how to take of a big punch that hits us, we know how to survive. Oscar is a survivor, he's gonna be back bigger a…

- Bernard Hopkins

I didn't need to take any fight for the last 10 years. But I've always fought the best and I've always wanted to prove myself to the best.

- Bernard Hopkins