And for me, not even that so much is going so well, but part of me is never going to get over that idea that I'm one step away from failure at all times. When things are going so well, people do lose that fire. “And I totally understand what he is saying, and Marvin Hagler said it the best: ‘It's hard to get up and run at 6am when you’re sleeping in silk pajamas.’ It's true, man. “I love Bernard Hopkins and I will never argue against Bernard Hopkins at all,” said Curtis. GREATEST HITS: Jorge Masvidal | Gilbert Burns There’s always some motivation that will be brought to me, or some adversity will be brought to me.”Ĭurtis relates to the words of the legendary “B-Hop,” as well as those spoken by another middleweight great, Marvelous Marvin Hagler. In boxing I’ll never have a problem being motivated because there’s always something in boxing, whether it’s on my end - to be fair - or somebody else’s end. It don’t always have to be downright dirty, ignorant stuff it just has to be some type of motivation. Some people need bumps in the road to make things happen. When things run smoothly, somebody has to break a glass somebody has to do something. “If I go outside and all my tires are slashed, that’s motivation. “Motivation can come in all shapes and forms with me,” Hopkins said. So we'll see which one of those comes first.” Maybe one day I'll just feel like, ‘Hey man, we've earned a break.’ But I think that day comes either when they're closing my casket or the doctor's like, ‘You don't have knees, elbows, shoulders, or a neck anymore it may be time to slow down. “I'm always going to be looking for something because I honestly feel like so many people have invested so much into me at this point that I don't know when I get to stop, I don't know when enough is going to be enough. “Probably the day they close my casket, honestly,” Curtis said. So when does that feeling end? With a win on Saturday against Kelvin Gastelum? With a middleweight title shot? With a world championship belt? And that terrifies me because it has been a very long road to get here, and I can't get over that fear of letting everyone down.” Because if somebody else is like, ‘Oh, you're going to lose,’ I'll go, ‘Eat dirt, whatever, I don't care.’ But I'm so afraid to not even let myself down, but there are so many people that had to sacrifice to get me to where I am now that it doesn’t just affect me, but I feel like I let those people down, too. “And I'm well aware that my job is pretty safe, but the idea of failing absolutely keeps me up at night. “I lose so much sleep over losing any fight,” he said.
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