George Foreman acts more like my grandfather. He and my grandfather act just alike – they’re both Christian type guys. They try to help everyone.
DERRICK LEWISI’ve been in that situation three or four times before where I’m losing the fight – the fight seems almost over with – and I knew I had to finish him and stop playing possum as much.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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You’ve really got to stay ready 24/7. You really can’t get ready because there’s no telling. They’ll call you short notice to fight anyone so you really have to stay ready.
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You know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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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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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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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 gotta work on my overall game.
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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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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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Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
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I go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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There’s nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.
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