I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
DERRICK LEWISYou eat salad and you’re hungry the next 30 minutes and you’re hungrier from when you ate the damn salad.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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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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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.
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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.
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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’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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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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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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I just like being in fun fights.
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I just have a crazy sense of humor.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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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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This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.
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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’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
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I don’t care what people think.
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