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 LEWISThat’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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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 believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
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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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Basically, I guess they just thinking I’ve been winning my fights just by luck. I just think I’ve been winning my fights on heart.
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That’s what really gets me going, thinking about my past. I think about all the tough times and bad times I’ve had in my life and I bring all that into the Octagon. That’s only because it’s hard going in there trying to fight someone who didn’t do anything to you.
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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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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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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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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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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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I know Cormier is a wrestler so you really got to get them hips down on him so I’ve been working them hips really good.
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