I gotta work on my overall game.
DERRICK LEWISYou 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.’
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
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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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I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
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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’ve been in that situation three or four times before where I’m losing the fight – the fight seems almost over with – and I knew I had to finish him and stop playing possum as much.
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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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My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
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I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
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That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
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I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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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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Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.
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