I’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
DERRICK LEWISI’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
DERRICK LEWISThis heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.
DERRICK LEWISI like to fight tough fights.
DERRICK LEWISYou know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.
DERRICK LEWISI know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
DERRICK LEWISI 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.
DERRICK LEWISI throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
DERRICK LEWISI 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.
DERRICK LEWISI grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
DERRICK LEWISI go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
DERRICK LEWISI don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
DERRICK LEWISI hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
DERRICK LEWISI 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.
DERRICK LEWISYou’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
DERRICK LEWISBrock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
DERRICK LEWISI’m an optimistic guy.
DERRICK LEWIS