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.
DERRICK LEWISYou’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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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 used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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A lot of people said I would never make it, and this and that, I’d never be a top 10 fighter, that I’d never fight for a title. Just stuff like that. Achieving all those goals and being the person that I am, this is going against everything everyone said I couldn’t do.
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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 don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
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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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I’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
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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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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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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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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.
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I’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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I’ve been in deep waters a bunch of times in my fights.
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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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