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.
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.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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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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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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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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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 believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
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I don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
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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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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’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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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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Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.
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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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I just have a crazy sense of humor.
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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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