I just really want to put the past behind me, because it makes me angry thinking about it. But it’s also the reason I’ve made it this far in my career. It’s like, built up in me. It’s what I think about when I fight. My childhood.
DERRICK LEWISI have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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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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That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
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Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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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 grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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If I’m the champion, the whole UFC division should be ashamed of themselves for a guy that had no damn skills being the champion. They should all just go relocate somewhere.
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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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It’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.
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I like to fight tough fights.
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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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Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.
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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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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 don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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