The best Quotes by Derrick Lewis

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Fighting's for grownups, and that's only if you got no other choice.

I do not wish to fight. But cast a stone into the lake, and the ripples will return to you.

Fighting is something the old me would do. That always made things worse.

Life is about growing and improving and getting better.

The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable.

You beat him verbally. You beat him mentally, and then finally, you beat him physically. That's the three ways to beat a man.

Discipline is doing what you hate to do, but nonetheless doing it like you love it.

Everyone has a plan - 'til they get punched in the mouth.

A man that is a friend to everybody is an enemy to himself.

You're not dreaming. The Butcher of Moscow gives humanitarian advice. He's got Ukrainian blood all over his hands, feet and head, and he dares to talk about protecting civilians.

I hope that the visit of Germany's president has only been postponed. I believe, Ukraine will have to keep building bridges towards Germany.

If Putin goes ahead with his plan for a change of regime in Kyiv, then democracies around the world must now start thinking about a change of regime in Moscow.

Once I am in the square circle, I am in my home.

Tough times do not last, tough people do.

Showing is better than telling.

I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion."

The man who views the world at 50 the same as he did at 20 has wasted 30 years of his life.

He who is not courageous enough to take risks, will accomplish nothing in life.

Boxing is the most beautiful thing after women.

The more desperate you are, the more mistakes you make.

If you don't take an opponent serious, they surprise you.

I'm not interested in being a superstar, or famous, I'm a fighting man and only interested in smashing your face in.

I'm a gypsy: no education, no schooling, nothing. I don't care what people think of me. I don't care about being a hero, a role model, a champion.

Whatever is conventional, I am the opposite. So if you want to walk in a straight line, I am going to walk in zigzags. If you want to throw a 1-2, I'll throw a 2-1.

Can we really trust people who aren't ticklish?

"I'm your mother and I order you to stop buying NFTs!"

- my drunk mother

Good luck trying to cancel me!

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.

We're all given some sort of skill in life. Mine just happens to be beating up on people.

Boxing is the ultimate challenge. There's nothing that can compare to testing yourself the way you do every time you step in the ring.

Do I think I'm ready for a world title this year? Hell, yes!

I wanted to say something to the Mayweather camp that keeps running their mouth, man. Don't worry - you get your fights up and I will whoop your ass anywhere!

They all said I was scared. Now I get to show everyone what I’m made of.

We're one in one, we both T-KO'd each other, so we probably have to do it again, right?

I can be the nice family man at home, and then when I go to the gym, maybe sparring with someone, I switch into beast mode. It ain't pretty.

In boxing, it is about the obsession of getting the most from yourself: wanting to dominate the world like a hungry young lion.

I didn't make the most of school, but boxing has given me discipline.

I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.

I'm always focused.

I come from a very rough background, and I'm saying that if you work hard and dedicate yourself that you can make it, too.

A hero is someone right who doesn't change.

That's my gift. I let that negativity roll off me like water off a duck's back. If it's not positive, I didn't hear it. If you can overcome that, fights are easy.

I want to keep fighting because it is the only thing that keeps me out of the hamburger joints. If I don't fight, I'll eat this planet.