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 LEWISI don’t care what people think.
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I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
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I’ll fight anyone.
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The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
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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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My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
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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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I don’t care where I’m at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That’s about it.
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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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The only reason I want to climb up the rankings – beating the champion and beating guys in the top five – those are the guys that get the endorsements and get the most money and get paid the most. That’s the only reason why.
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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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I like to fight tough fights.
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It’s like I say all the time, it’s the heavyweight division. It doesn’t matter if the guys a black belt or if he’s a world-class boxer. We still have a 50-50 chance.
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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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