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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.

Derrick Lewis

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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Angry Childhood Fight Myself Past Reason Thinking
I always had dreamed one day Bruce Buffer’s going to be introducing me. Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis and I just always pictured him saying it.
DERRICK LEWIS

Dreams Introduction Myself Photograph
I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
DERRICK LEWIS

Care Family Fight Myself
I’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
DERRICK LEWIS

Enemy Hope Myself
I gotta work on my overall game.
DERRICK LEWIS

Effort Game Myself Work
I don’t know how to do takedowns.
DERRICK LEWIS

Known Myself
You eat salad and you’re hungry the next 30 minutes and you’re hungrier from when you ate the damn salad.
DERRICK LEWIS

Food Hungry Yourself
If I’m the champion, the whole UFC division should be ashamed of themselves for a guy that had no damn skills being the champion. They should all just go relocate somewhere.
DERRICK LEWIS

Champion Division Location Myself Shame Skills
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Break Children Doubt Family Life People Prison Struggle
I’m an optimistic guy.
DERRICK LEWIS

Myself Nature Optimistic Personality
It’s a job to me, basically. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world or nothing like that. I don’t come in trying to think I am the best fighter. I don’t care about none of that. It’s just a job to me.
DERRICK LEWIS

Best Care Fight Myself Think Try
I tell people all the time that it would be good if they forget about me next week, that they don’t even mention my name anymore.
DERRICK LEWIS

Forget Myself Name People Time
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Life Myself Past Thinking Time
I’ve been in that situation many times before – where I’m losing and I have to knock a guy out.
DERRICK LEWIS

Knock Lose Man Myself Situation Time
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Dedication Effort Fight Inspirational Myself Time
I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Health Myself

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