I go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
DERRICK LEWISAs long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I wanted to start in boxing, but you have to train a little harder to be a boxer. A lot of those guys can take punches. MMA, you only have to hit someone so hard to knock them out.
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I don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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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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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 really don’t like watching women fights.
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Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.
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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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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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I believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
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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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I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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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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It would be cool to let people know that it doesn’t matter what kind of background you have in your past, that you can still make something out of your life.
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I’ve been in that situation three or four times before where I’m losing the fight – the fight seems almost over with – and I knew I had to finish him and stop playing possum as much.
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