That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
DERRICK LEWISI’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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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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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 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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You eat salad and you’re hungry the next 30 minutes and you’re hungrier from when you ate the damn salad.
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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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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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It’s all the stuff I’ve been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.
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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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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 really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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That’s what really gets me going, thinking about my past. I think about all the tough times and bad times I’ve had in my life and I bring all that into the Octagon. That’s only because it’s hard going in there trying to fight someone who didn’t do anything to you.
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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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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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If I was really trying to be the best fighter in the world, I would be in the best shape and taking it more serious but I’m not.
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