Bernard Quotes

The fact that I did not marry George Bernard Shaw is the only real disappointment I`ve had.

I`m the legend killer. That`s my new moniker. Like Roy Jones, Bernard Hopkins had his era and now he`s got to go. Personally, I think he`s nuts for even thinking he can beat me. But I`m not going to talk him out of (trying).

And we got calls today, `We need you ... to go to a place in St. Bernard Parish. It`s a hospice, ... and there are 10 dead and there are 10 dying.` But those people were probably alive yesterday or the day before.

On planes I always cry. Something about altitude, the lack of oxygen and the bad movies. I cried over a St. Bernard movie once on a plane. That was really embarrassing.

The flooding and destruction in New Orleans was horrible, but not as bad as the media is making out to be. The serious problems are in St. Bernard and Plaquemine Parishes where entire towns are gone,

If a farmer calls me to a sick animal, he couldn`t care less if I were George Bernard Shaw.

I didn`t expect right after July 16th to be more in demand and more respected everywhere I went, from the West coast to the East coast, from hard-core gang members to corporate people with suits and ties on, black and white. It just secured everything for me. I`ve been on a nonstop crusade since July 16th. I haven`t had much time for family time, based on the outpouring of love and respect they have for Bernard Hopkins.

Everything rides on Dec. 3. This fight is important because that`s where Bernard Hopkins will show that anyone who went through the minefield again with him is in trouble. I`ve beaten everyone who got into the ring with me a second time, and some of them I sent into retirement. I have to deal with the clouds and the storm. You think you got me down and I rise up.

Most of St. Bernard you`re going to find is families. It`s your fathers, your sisters, the church you went to all your life, schools you went to that your children now go to -- now everyone`s scattered.

I did not come here to give you false hopes, ... But I'll tell you this: We're going to rebuilt St. Bernard.