It would be cool to let people know that it doesn’t matter what kind of background you have in your past, that you can still make something out of your life.
DERRICK LEWISI 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.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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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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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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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 always had dreamed one day Bruce Buffer’s going to be introducing me. Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis and I just always pictured him saying it.
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I just like being in fun fights.
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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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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 speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
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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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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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All of my fights, especially all of my UFC fights my whole career, I’ve never been in there without any kind of impingement and pain wrong with my back.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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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 where I’m at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That’s about it.
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