My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
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’ll fight anyone.
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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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This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.
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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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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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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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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.
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I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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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’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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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 go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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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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