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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.

Derrick Lewis

That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
DERRICK LEWIS

Care Focus Myself Opponent
I go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
DERRICK LEWIS

Care Fight Myself Submission Technique
I ain’t trying to fight for no title.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Myself Reward Title
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Life Myself Past Thinking Time
I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
DERRICK LEWIS

Argument Childhood Family Father Fight Grow Up Mom Myself
I set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.
DERRICK LEWIS

Division Goal Myself Run Whole
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.
DERRICK LEWIS

Learning Lesson Lose People
I know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
DERRICK LEWIS

Artist Champion Known Myself Sports Technical
I don’t know how to do takedowns.
DERRICK LEWIS

Known Myself
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 LEWIS

Act Help Myself Similar
I believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
DERRICK LEWIS

Believe Better Fight Myself Tough
The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
DERRICK LEWIS

Dimension Goodness Myself
There’s nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.
DERRICK LEWIS

Accomplishment Family Goodness Myself
I gotta work on my overall game.
DERRICK LEWIS

Effort Game Myself Work
I look at all my opponents, and they could be something else. They could go out and get a normal, regular job. I look at myself and I can’t do that. I have a strike on my back. I can’t have a normal job. So, I’ve got to fight for everything I’ve got.
DERRICK LEWIS

Fight Myself Normal Opponent Strike
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 LEWIS

Angry Childhood Fight Myself Past Reason Thinking

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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