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" 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. "

Bernard Hopkins

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" Boxing is a small world where the same thing that goes on, goes on in corporate America. "

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" I don't react and think off emotions - that gets you in a bad situation. "