Top 60 Derrick Lewis Quotes

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I always had dreamed one day Bruce Buffer's going to be

I always had dreamed one day Bruce Buffer’s going to be introducing me… Derrick ‘The Black Beast’ Lewis… and I just always pictured him saying it.
Derrick Lewis
I just like being in fun fights.
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I’ll fight anyone.
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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.
Derrick Lewis
I hate being in boring fights. It frustrates me.
Derrick Lewis
This heavyweight division, it takes just one punch for anyone. It doesn’t matter how hard you train or what.
Derrick Lewis
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.
Derrick Lewis
I don’t care what people think.
Derrick Lewis
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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Since I was probably eight years old, just about everyday, all the way until I was 14 or 15 years old, just about everyday my mom and my stepdad would roll around in the living room fighting.
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I don’t fight just because I love it just that much. I’m fighting because it’s a job for me.
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I ain’t trying to fight for no title.
Derrick Lewis
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.
Derrick Lewis
Whatever the UFC wants to pay me for, that’s fine.
Derrick Lewis
I throw so hard because I sit and wait for that perfect moment.
Derrick Lewis
I know I only need one punch to knock any guy out.
Derrick Lewis
I just feel that all the top fighters in the world are making all the money.
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I don’t care if I ever fight for the belt or get the belt.
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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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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.
Derrick Lewis
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.’
Derrick Lewis
I grew up watching my mom and my stepdad fight.
Derrick Lewis
I’m just going to keep fighting, try to stay active as much as possible.
Derrick Lewis
For sure, I would love to fight in Houston.
Derrick Lewis
I have a couple of properties. Bought some houses and just rent them out.
Derrick Lewis
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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It would be cool to let people know that it doesn’t matter what kind of background you have in your past, that you can still make something out of your life.
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I’ve been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn’t have to go through.
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I used to only train 30 minutes a day.
Derrick Lewis
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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Bowing and showing respect – I don’t give nothing about none of that. I’m just coming in and fighting.
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I'm an optimistic guy.

I’m an optimistic guy.
Derrick Lewis
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 Lewis
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.
Derrick Lewis
I set some goals for myself. I really want to run through this whole heavyweight division.
Derrick Lewis
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.
Derrick Lewis
I like to fight tough fights.
Derrick Lewis
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.
Derrick Lewis
I speak my mind too much, and the UFC probably don’t really like that. But I really don’t care.
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All of my fights, especially all of my UFC fights my whole career, I’ve never been in there without any kind of impingement and pain wrong with my back.
Derrick Lewis
I really don’t punch with my left hand anyways.
Derrick Lewis
Brock Lesnar is not a fighter. He’s scared to be hit.
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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.
Derrick Lewis
I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.
Derrick Lewis
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.
Derrick Lewis
That would be great if I could be a role model or inspiration to those who have been in my shoes before.
Derrick Lewis
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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You’ve got to try to find some type of mental edge on your opponent.
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I’m not scared to fight anyone, I’ll call anyone out.
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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 don’t want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.
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Travis Browne don’t know what’s he thinking. Travis, he’s out there, man. That guy has been knocked out so many times, he’s been rocked so many times, he don’t know what to say.
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I just have a crazy sense of humor.
Derrick Lewis
Like a lot of people have said, it’s not a bad loss to lose to Mark Hunt, so it’s really like a learning lesson.
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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’m fighting just so I can take care of my family.
Derrick Lewis
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 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.
Derrick Lewis
I’ve been having people doubt me all my life.
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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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