I don’t even train for these fights. I’m not mad when people say that because it’s true.
DERRICK LEWISI ain’t trying to fight for no title.
More Derrick Lewis Quotes
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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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That’s usually the way I am – I don’t care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.
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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 used to only train 30 minutes a day.
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I set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.
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I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
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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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Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.
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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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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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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’ve been in that situation three or four times before where I’m losing the fight – the fight seems almost over with – and I knew I had to finish him and stop playing possum as much.
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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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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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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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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 just have a crazy sense of humor.
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I believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.
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I think Cormier is gonna come out and try to wrestle me, try to get me tired, and try to push the pace. I know he might not say that I’m on his level but I think I am and he thinking that I’m not, really.
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I’ll fight anyone.
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I just like being in fun 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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If I’m the champion, the whole UFC division should be ashamed of themselves for a guy that had no damn skills being the champion. They should all just go relocate somewhere.
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I gotta work on my overall game.
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The sport itself is dangerous. Anything can happen.
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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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