I go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
DERRICK LEWISI think Cormier is gonna come out and try to wrestle me, try to get me tired, and try to push the pace. I know he might not say that I’m on his level but I think I am and he thinking that I’m not, really.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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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’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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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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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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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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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 grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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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 have a lot of anger built up in me from my childhood. My wife and kids are the only ones who give me peace in this world.
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