Like a lot of people have said, it’s not a bad loss to lose to Mark Hunt, so it’s really like a learning lesson.
DERRICK LEWISIt’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.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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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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A lot of people said I would never make it, and this and that, I’d never be a top 10 fighter, that I’d never fight for a title. Just stuff like that. Achieving all those goals and being the person that I am, this is going against everything everyone said I couldn’t do.
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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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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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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 don’t care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.
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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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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 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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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 know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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I don’t care what people think.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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