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 LEWISThe 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.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I don’t know how to do takedowns.
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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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You have 20 fights, you should know what it takes to get yourself ready. If you don’t feel like you’re ready, you let your coach know ‘hey we need to work on a little bit more of this.’
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I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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As long as they pay me good, that’s all I care about.
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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I don’t care where I’m at in the heavyweight division. As long as I win enough, so they keep me. That’s about it.
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I go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
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I don’t care what people think.
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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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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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You eat salad and you’re hungry the next 30 minutes and you’re hungrier from when you ate the damn salad.
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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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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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The one thing about me, if it is a 15-minute fight, I’m fighting every one of them 15 minutes. And if it’s a 25-minute fight, I’ll be fighting all 25 until the bell rings.
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