I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
DERRICK LEWISI just like being in fun fights.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
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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 tell people all the time that it would be good if they forget about me next week, that they don’t even mention my name anymore.
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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 in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
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I set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.
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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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I don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
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A lot of people said I would never make it, and this and that, I’d never be a top 10 fighter, that I’d never fight for a title. Just stuff like that. Achieving all those goals and being the person that I am, this is going against everything everyone said I couldn’t do.
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You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don’t feel like you’re ready, you let your coach know ‘hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.’
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I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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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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