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.
DERRICK LEWISA 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.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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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 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 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 really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
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I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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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 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 believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
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I believe I get the belt then I’ll get the money. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world. It’s all about the cheddar.
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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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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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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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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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