I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
DERRICK LEWIS
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I’m serious, I don’t stay in the gym each day like my opponents.
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I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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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 don’t care what people think.
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I don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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There’s nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.
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You know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.
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It’s like I say all the time, it’s the heavyweight division. It doesn’t matter if the guys a black belt or if he’s a world-class boxer. We still have a 50-50 chance.
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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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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 go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
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That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
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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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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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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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