A Quote by Bernard Hopkins

I'm tired of proving myself. — © Bernard Hopkins
I'm tired of proving myself.
I love proving people wrong and proving myself right and my coaches.
For me, It's not necessarily about proving people wrong, but proving to myself that I can do it my way and still win.
My big complaint with myself is that I get tired. But, I forgive myself because it's human to get tired. But, I didn't always feel like I could forgive myself. There's a certain [drive], I think. But, now I feel like, "OK, you can be tired. People should let you be tired. Then you should go and take a nap, and you should sleep." That's about it.
Over the years, I have pushed myself mentally and I have pushed myself physically. A lot of people say, 'John Havlicek never gets tired.' Well, I get tired. It's just a matter of pushing myself. I say to myself, 'He's as tired as I am; who's going to win this mental battle?' It's just a matter of mental toughness.
I'm tired of screwing up. I'm tired of being down. I'm tired of myself. I'm tired of bein' down.
I don't care about proving things to people. I'm proving things to myself.
I'm just going to keep doing what I'm doing. Keep proving people wrong and proving myself right.
I was tired of getting last or fifth or sixth. I was tired of falling multiple times in a program. I was tired of competing differently than how I trained. If I was going to do that, why train so hard? I took a step back, and I figured out what I wanted to change about myself.
I'm an Ultimate Fighter winner at 170. At 155, I'm always proving myself. I have nothing to prove to any of the fans, but to myself, it's my skillset.
I'm still finding my legs, performance-wise, being up there by myself. I think I have a bit of proving myself ahead of me.
People always get tired of one another. I grow tired of myself whenever I am left alone for ten minutes, and I am certain that I am fonder of myself than anyone can be of another person.
I'm tired of the industry, tired of playing the whole game - the dressing up, the red carpet. I hate talking about myself.
I am tired of hiding, tired of misspent and knotted energies, tired of the hypocrisy, and tired of acting as though I have something to hide.
People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I was not tired physically... No, the only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
Tired, tired with nothing, tired with everything, tired with the world’s weight he had never chosen to bear.
It's all about proving it on the track and proving to people that have different views wrong.
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