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.
DERRICK LEWISBowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
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I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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It’s all the stuff I’ve been through in my life. From family struggles, people doubting me, things I went through as a child and going to prison, they all played a factor in who I am today. It really made me a better person. Going through those situations can make or break you as a human being.
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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 gotta work on my overall game.
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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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Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I’m not a mixed martial artist, I’m a brawler.
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I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
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I’ll fight anyone.
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I don’t know how to do takedowns.
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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’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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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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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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I don’t care what people think.
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