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 LEWISI 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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It would be cool to let people know that it doesn’t matter what kind of background you have in your past, that you can still make something out of your life.
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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 don’t train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
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I just have a crazy sense of humor.
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If I’m the champion, the whole UFC division should be ashamed of themselves for a guy that had no damn skills being the champion. They should all just go relocate somewhere.
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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’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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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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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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I just like being in fun fights.
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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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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 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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