That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
DERRICK LEWISThis heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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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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If I’m the champion, the whole UFC division should be ashamed of themselves for a guy that had no damn skills being the champion. They should all just go relocate somewhere.
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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 go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
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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 like to fight tough fights.
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I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
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I think Cormier is gonna come out and try to wrestle me, try to get me tired, and try to push the pace. I know he might not say that I’m on his level but I think I am and he thinking that I’m not, really.
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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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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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It’s a job to me, basically. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world or nothing like that. I don’t come in trying to think I am the best fighter. I don’t care about none of that. It’s just a job to me.
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I don’t know how to do takedowns.
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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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