I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
DERRICK LEWIS
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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.
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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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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 throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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I don’t know how to do takedowns.
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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 like to fight tough fights.
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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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Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I’m not a mixed martial artist, I’m a brawler.
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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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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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I just believe that my heart is the best in the sport. And I believe that’s what carried me through my whole career. Not my talent or my power or anything like that. I just believe my heart.
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It’s all the stuff I’ve been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.
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I don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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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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