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.
DERRICK LEWISI go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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All of my fights, especially all of my UFC fights my whole career, I’ve never been in there without any kind of impingement and pain wrong with my back.
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The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
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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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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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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.
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My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
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I don’t care what people think.
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Like a lot of people have said, it’s not a bad loss to lose to Mark Hunt, so it’s really like a learning lesson.
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It’s all the stuff I’ve been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.
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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 an optimistic guy.
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I don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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