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’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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I don’t care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.
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I’ll fight anyone.
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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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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My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
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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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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 hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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It’s a job to me, basically. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world or nothing like that. I don’t come in trying to think I am the best fighter. I don’t care about none of that. It’s just a job to me.
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I don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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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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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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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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