I don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
DERRICK LEWISIt’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.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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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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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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I set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.
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This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.
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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 throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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I’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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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 don’t know how to do takedowns.
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I know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
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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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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
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