Smokey Wilson was like my Gandhi. If I had run into somebody else in prison, with a different … - Bernard Hopkins

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I thought people cared about music in a deep way, so I was writing to that spirit in people and in myself. It was me, thinking I knew what was up. Youth, who else can change the world?

Bernard Hopkins

Smokey Wilson was like my Gandhi. If I had run into somebody else in prison, with a different set of values, the world might have never known one of the greatest boxing talents ever to come out of Philadelphia.

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If you don't know your own value, somebody will tell you your value, and it'll be less than you're worth.

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You’re hated by some, loved by others, but that’s what’s great about being different. If everybody loved you, that means you’re not doing the right thing most of the time.

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I would never let a white boy beat me. You can print that. I would never lose to a white person.

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