I don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
DERRICK LEWISYou know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I wanted to start in boxing, but you have to train a little harder to be a boxer. A lot of those guys can take punches. MMA, you only have to hit someone so hard to knock them out.
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I’ll fight anyone.
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I’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
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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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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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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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There’s nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.
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I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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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.
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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 made my third parole and I believe if I had made it the first time, I wouldn’t be here today. I still would’ve been out there doing stupid stuff.
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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 believe I get the belt then I’ll get the money. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world. It’s all about the cheddar.
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I really don’t like watching women fights.
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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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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.
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I just have a crazy sense of humor.
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I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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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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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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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 just like being in fun fights.
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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.
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I don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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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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I’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
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