I believe I get the belt then I’ll get the money. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world. It’s all about the cheddar.
DERRICK LEWISI used to only train 30 minutes a day.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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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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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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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 believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
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I ain’t trying to fight for no title.
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Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I’m not a mixed martial artist, I’m a brawler.
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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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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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I’ve been in that situation many times before – where I’m losing and I have to knock a guy out.
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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 really don’t like watching women fights.
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I made my third parole and I believe if I had made it the first time, I wouldn’t be here today. I still would’ve been out there doing stupid stuff.
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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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I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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