Derrick Lewis Quotes

Derrick Lewis

Profession : Athlete

Birth : February 7, 1985

I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.

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I don't care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.

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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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Everyone else is a mixed martial artist. I'm not a mixed martial artist, I'm a brawler.

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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 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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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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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 believe the tough fights bring out the better fighter in myself.

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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 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 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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There's nothing I really want to accomplish. I already set my family up pretty good right now.

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It's a job to me, basically. I'm not trying to be the best fighter in the world or nothing like that. I don't come in trying to think I am the best fighter. I don't care about none of that. It's just a job to me.

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I set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.

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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've got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.

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That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.

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I'm an optimistic guy.

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I've been having people doubt me all my life.

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