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.

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

I avoid processed food.

If you notice, in every fight, I always have something to get into their head.

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.

I'm a guy that likes to work in the spa and get on the elliptical.

I like to do things that are noncombat- or boxing-related. So I jump rope a lot, and then I run a lot.

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.

If you really look at it, I have done the 'American Dream' that people have died on boats to come here to live.

Oscar De La Hoya is unique. Even Ray Leonard didn't have the star power Oscar has.

I don't think I can get Jack Nicholson to come out and watch me fight.

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.

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.

Just because you started off one way don't mean the ending of the book has to be the way you started.

Most people remember the ending of the book more than the beginning and the middle.

I have an orthodox style that a southpaw is confused with me.

Father Time is whether you're an athlete or not an athlete. Father Time is always around. I think I'm just special.

I respect people's opinion. Everybody has they own 'pound for pound' list.

The worst damage a person - a fighter or even a person that's just everyday living - is shorten your life by your lifestyle.

Hagler was a puncher-slugger. He'd box sometimes, but boxing wasn't his forte. His thing was relentless punishment and 'beat you.'

I like the old school, then I add the new school, and I got a concoction of greatness. I can't miss; you can't miss with that.

I think I got the ability to speak the truth, and that gets in peoples' heads.

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.

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

I'm so glad that I didn't give up on myself and there were people who didn't give up on me.

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

I understand and I don't understand human beings.

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

I feel like I was blacklisted in 1965.

I saw worse stuff inside prison than I ever saw in the streets.

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

Being able to do what I do in the ring and out of the ring is evidence that I'm not from this world.

If you read Bernard Hopkins' name in the dictionary, the definition would be 'discipline.'

If I can convince you that I'm going to beat you up, and you believe me, that's your fault.

It's the inner that produces the outer.

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.

Soda is the worst thing.

The majority of fighters and athletes live double lives.

My personal feeling is that Bernard Hopkins has never been an industry boy.

When you get to a certain age in society, they want to dictate to you when you should pack it in and that you should mentally grab a cane, a box of Depends, Geritol, listen to the oldies, and not eat spicy food after 9 o'clock.

I don't rest in my business interests, I don't rest being a husband, I don't rest being a father, and I don't rest doing none of these things because when you rest, you get comfortable.

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

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.

Hand-eye coordination and reflexes is something I work on more than anything.

When I left the penitentiary, I learned to stay away from the Philly cheesesteaks, the pizza, the junk that clogs your arteries and kills you.

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.

I don't really look toward the future. I only look at the present.

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.

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.

UFC is street fighting in a cage. Boxing is a controlled, skilled talent. There's no comparison.