That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
DERRICK LEWISAs long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
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That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
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I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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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 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 go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
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There’s nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.
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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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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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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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It’s like I say all the time, it’s the heavyweight division. It doesn’t matter if the guys a black belt or if he’s a world-class boxer. We still have a 50-50 chance.
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Basically, I guess they just thinking I’ve been winning my fights just by luck. I just think I’ve been winning my fights on heart.
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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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