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.
DERRICK LEWISYou know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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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 don’t care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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All of my fights, especially all of my UFC fights my whole career, I’ve never been in there without any kind of impingement and pain wrong with my back.
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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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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.
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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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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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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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I’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
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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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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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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.
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