I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
DERRICK LEWISMy 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.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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I like to fight tough fights.
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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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I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
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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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I have a lot of anger built up in me from my childhood. My wife and kids are the only ones who give me peace in this world.
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I’m an optimistic guy.
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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 know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.
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I don’t care if I am ever remembered in this sport for anything.
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Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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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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My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
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A lot of people said I would never make it, and this and that, I’d never be a top 10 fighter, that I’d never fight for a title. Just stuff like that. Achieving all those goals and being the person that I am, this is going against everything everyone said I couldn’t do.
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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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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 train like a mixed martial artist. I don’t respect the sport like everyone else does.
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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.
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I’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
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I look at all my opponents, and they could be something else. They could go out and get a normal, regular job. I look at myself and I can’t do that. I have a strike on my back. I can’t have a normal job. So, I’ve got to fight for everything I’ve got.
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I know I’m the least technical guy in the sport. Most of the champions or guys at the top are real martial artists.
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I don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
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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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I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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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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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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I don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
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