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.
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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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 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 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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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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The guys in the top five, they’re good everywhere. Me, I’m just almost one-dimensional.
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I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
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I know Cormier is a wrestler so you really got to get them hips down on him so I’ve been working them hips really good.
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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 go in to fight just to fight. I don’t care about submissions, the technique and all of that.
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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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My goal is just to make as much money as I can in the sport, and that’s it.
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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’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
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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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I made my third parole and I believe if I had made it the first time, I wouldn’t be here today. I still would’ve been out there doing stupid stuff.
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