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.
DERRICK LEWISI 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.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
-
-
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.
DERRICK LEWIS -
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.
DERRICK LEWIS -
As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
DERRICK LEWIS -
Basically, I guess they just thinking I’ve been winning my fights just by luck. I just think I’ve been winning my fights on heart.
DERRICK LEWIS -
I don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
DERRICK LEWIS -
I’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
DERRICK LEWIS -
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 LEWIS -
I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
DERRICK LEWIS -
I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
DERRICK LEWIS -
I don’t care what people think.
DERRICK LEWIS -
I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
DERRICK LEWIS -
I’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
DERRICK LEWIS -
I really don’t like watching women fights.
DERRICK LEWIS -
You eat salad and you’re hungry the next 30 minutes and you’re hungrier from when you ate the damn salad.
DERRICK LEWIS -
Like a lot of people have said, it’s not a bad loss to lose to Mark Hunt, so it’s really like a learning lesson.
DERRICK LEWIS