I don’t care where I’m at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That’s about it.
DERRICK LEWISThe sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.
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You know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.
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I just really want to put the past behind me, because it makes me angry thinking about it. But it’s also the reason I’ve made it this far in my career. It’s like, built up in me. It’s what I think about when I fight. My childhood.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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I tell people all the time that it would be good if they forget about me next week, that they don’t even mention my name anymore.
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The only reason I want to climb up the rankings – beating the champion and beating guys in the top five – those are the guys that get the endorsements and get the most money and get paid the most. That’s the only reason why.
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I have a lot of anger built up in me from my childhood. My wife and kids are the only ones who give me peace in this world.
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I don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
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You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don’t feel like you’re ready, you let your coach know ‘hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.’
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I’ve been in that situation many times before – where I’m losing and I have to knock a guy out.
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The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
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I look at all my opponents, and they could be something else. They could go out and get a normal, regular job. I look at myself and I can’t do that. I have a strike on my back. I can’t have a normal job. So, I’ve got to fight for everything I’ve got.
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If I was really trying to be the best fighter in the world, I would be in the best shape and taking it more serious but I’m not.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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The one thing about me, if it is a 15-minute fight, I’m fighting every one of them 15 minutes. And if it’s a 25-minute fight, I’ll be fighting all 25 until the bell rings.
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