Bernard Hopkins Quotes

I fight like Bruce Lee. I train in his style of kung fu, wing chun. It's all about fighting with controlled power, so you learn to punch correctly.

My coaches have done a good job of tightening my skills, where I can dictate a little bit more where the fight is going.

A good fighter usually knows, to within a very few seconds, when a three-minute round is going to end.

The essence of jiu-jitsu is philosophy.

All I have to do is to work on transition and technique.

If anything, you just let your racket talk - there's no reason for you to talk if your racket can.

You have to work on your stand-up to know what's coming, but jiu-jitsu is enough to win the fight.

I train to fight, to win.

I think I adapted well for MMA.

I'm just going to do what I always do: train. And when it's time to fight, I go fight.

All of my fights, I try to end the fight. That's my style.

I guess there's a showmanship in fighting.

I love brawling, but I'm a smart fighter.

Fighting is a lonely thing. You train with your team. You bleed with them. You trust your coaches, but ultimately, you are in the cage alone.

Fighting is about a strategy. MMA is not all about brutality.

I've been training jiu-jitsu for a while. It just didn't really click in my brain. Maybe sometimes I get a bit lazy. By the time I realize I'm in trouble, I'm already caught. You can't really think about it. You've got to just react as it happens.

To me, fighting is special because that's what I enjoy to do. Every fight is a memory to me.

I've always loved to fight. I love what I do, and that is why I've been doing it for so long. I really enjoy fighting and competing at a high level. I love getting in there and getting after it.

I train to fight five rounds, but if we can end the fight in the first round, it's even better.

Anything can happen in a fight, and anything can happen in training.

No matter what age you are, as a fighter, your obligation is to win.

This sport is growing. It's about patience, rather than getting caught up in five in a row, want a title shot, main event. The goal is to put on a great fight and be smart.

The small details are important if you want to be a good player.

When you're doing something like wrestling - wrestling is one of the toughest and hardest martial arts to learn - but it's still a form of martial arts. It's still controlled.

Streetfighting is just get out there and bang. It's whatever in a street fight. This is different. You have to be real smart in your decisions at this professional level of the game. In a street fight, it doesn't even matter.