I don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
DERRICK LEWISI 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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My heart outweighs all the talent. If they’ve got more talent, I believe that my heart will still overcome that. You’ve got to have heart to step inside the octagon anyway.
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I don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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I know Cormier is a wrestler so you really got to get them hips down on him so I’ve been working them hips really good.
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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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I don’t care what people think.
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The only reason I want to climb up the rankings – beating the champion and beating guys in the top five – those are the guys that get the endorsements and get the most money and get paid the most. That’s the only reason why.
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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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There’s nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.
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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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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 don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
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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 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.
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