Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.
DERRICK LEWISA 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.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
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I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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You eat salad and you’re hungry the next 30 minutes and you’re hungrier from when you ate the damn salad.
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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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I’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
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That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
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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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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 used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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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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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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George Foreman acts more like my grandfather. He and my grandfather act just alike – they’re both Christian type guys. They try to help everyone.
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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 have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
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