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.
DERRICK LEWISI 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.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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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.
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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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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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I set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.
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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’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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My heart outweighs all the talent. If they’ve got more talent, I believe that my heart will still overcome that. You’ve got to have heart to step inside the octagon anyway.
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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.
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I just have a crazy sense of humor.
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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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I just like being in fun fights.
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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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