You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don’t feel like you’re ready, you let your coach know ‘hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.’
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 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.
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I 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.
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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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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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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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It’s like I say all the time, it’s the heavyweight division. It doesn’t matter if the guys a black belt or if he’s a world-class boxer. We still have a 50-50 chance.
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Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.
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If I was really trying to be the best fighter in the world, I would be in the best shape and taking it more serious but I’m not.
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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.
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That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
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I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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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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My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
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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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