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.
DERRICK LEWISThe guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
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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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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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I always had dreamed one day Bruce Buffer’s going to be introducing me. Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis and I just always pictured him saying it.
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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.’
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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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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 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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The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
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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’ll fight anyone.
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I’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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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.
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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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