For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
DERRICK LEWISI’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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That’s what really gets me going, thinking about my past. I think about all the tough times and bad times I’ve had in my life and I bring all that into the Octagon. That’s only because it’s hard going in there trying to fight someone who didn’t do anything to you.
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I’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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A lot of people said I would never make it, and this and that, I’d never be a top 10 fighter, that I’d never fight for a title. Just stuff like that. Achieving all those goals and being the person that I am, this is going against everything everyone said I couldn’t do.
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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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You’ve really got to stay ready 24/7. You really can’t get ready because there’s no telling. They’ll call you short notice to fight anyone so you really have to stay ready.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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I set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.
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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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I think Cormier is gonna come out and try to wrestle me, try to get me tired, and try to push the pace. I know he might not say that I’m on his level but I think I am and he thinking that I’m not, really.
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I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
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I don’t care what people think.
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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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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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Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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