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.’
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 just like being in fun fights.
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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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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I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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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 even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
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I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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I don’t know how to do takedowns.
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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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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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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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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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