The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
DERRICK LEWISI’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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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 don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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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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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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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’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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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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There’s nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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I’ve been in that situation three or four times before where I’m losing the fight – the fight seems almost over with – and I knew I had to finish him and stop playing possum as much.
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I just believe that my heart is the best in the sport. And I believe that’s what carried me through my whole career. Not my talent or my power or anything like that. I just believe my heart.
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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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