I don’t care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.
DERRICK LEWISGeorge Foreman acts more like my grandfather. He and my grandfather act just alike – they’re both Christian type guys. They try to help everyone.
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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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I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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I just like being in fun fights.
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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’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
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I don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
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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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My heart outweighs all the talent. If they’ve got more talent, I believe that my heart will still overcome that. You’ve got to have heart to step inside the octagon anyway.
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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 don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
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The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
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The only reason I want to climb up the rankings – beating the champion and beating guys in the top five – those are the guys that get the endorsements and get the most money and get paid the most. That’s the only reason why.
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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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I wanted to start in boxing, but you have to train a little harder to be a boxer. A lot of those guys can take punches. MMA, you only have to hit someone so hard to knock them out.
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