If I was really trying to be the best fighter in the world, I would be in the best shape and taking it more serious but I’m not.
DERRICK LEWISI’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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I like to fight tough fights.
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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’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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I really don’t like watching women fights.
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I believe I get the belt then I’ll get the money. I’m not trying to be the best fighter in the world. It’s all about the cheddar.
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I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
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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 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.
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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’ve been in that situation many times before – where I’m losing and I have to knock a guy out.
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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 don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.
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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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