Bernard Hopkins Quotes

I've got more skills in my pinky finger than half the damn guys in the UFC.

There's no question in my mind that the times I was in my prime, I was the most well-rounded fighter out there - or in the world. I was the one who knew how to kickbox. I did kickbox and muay thai, I competed in events in Japan, and I was a submission specialist. Going into the UFC for the first time, I was the most well-rounded fighter there.

Boxing is not a bodybuilding sport, plain and simple. Your body isn't going to win a fight.

I want to fight a UFC fighter.

I fight guys that no one has ever heard of; I fought guys who are legends, like Frankie Edgar.

At the end of the day, that's just boxing - it's a different sport altogether. But when I finish fighting for the UFC, there are so many different options I have. Boxing is another option I could take.

I've been training for Ronda Rousey since my first fight in the UFC.

I believe I can beat Anderson Silva, and I believe that the skills that I have is something he'd have hard time dealing with, but to compete against the guy, first and foremost, would be an honor in and of itself.

You can hit the bags, the pads, and you can run and do your fitness and your weights as much as you want, but if you don't spar you just don't have that true experience, that true knowledge of how to beat a man in one-on-one combat.

We used to see spectacular things with Jon Jones when he fights.

Whatever the fighting is - boxing, fighting, Judo, Thai boxing, it's how much you know doing that. Some people just know how some people move.

People can't stand the fact that, yes, we were models, but now we can kick anyone's butt in the ring.

Without a doubt Jon Jones is one of the greatest fighters in history, and, of course, we do see errors that we'll try to exploit.

I like fighting in America.

I'm an all-around fighter. I do everything. I've got wrestling; I've got Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and I've got striking.

I respect all the fighters. I respect Georges St-Pierre because Georges has a great story in the UFC. I respect all the fighters in here because this is the biggest sport in the world.

I've been a heavyweight in boxing, in kickboxing. I'll do it in again in MMA.

I understand everything Ronda Rousey is gonna bring that day. I don't think she's gonna be able to deal with my striking. She's gonna be really surprised when I touch her, when I connect on my punches.

I'm not just a wrestler anymore. I'm a very well-rounded fighter.

I started doing martial arts since I was 12, and then I went into wrestling in college. After I met John Hackleman, I started getting really serious about it, and after a few amateur fights, I got an invite to the UFC and have been in love with it ever since.

I'm an entertainer. I love to fight.

People don't realize how sick Amanda Nunes is. She beats some of the UFC bantamweight males in the gym.

It's not just so much to be the champ-champ. It's just that I feel that I'm the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in the world.

Holly Holm is a heck of an athlete and a heck of a fighter.

I was satisfied with having a couple of fights a year, to enjoy them and have them be part of my training routine. When the UFC came around, it seemed like it fell in my lap. It was like I got so good at my hobby, and now I'm living all these people's dreams who had been working for so many years.