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.
DERRICK LEWISI don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I just like being in fun fights.
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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’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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I made my third parole and I believe if I had made it the first time, I wouldn’t be here today. I still would’ve been out there doing stupid stuff.
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It would be cool to let people know that it doesn’t matter what kind of background you have in your past, that you can still make something out of your life.
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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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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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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 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.
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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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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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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.
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I know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
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I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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