Quotes from Derrick Lewis

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.

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.

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

I don't train like a mixed martial artist. I don't respect the sport like everyone else does.

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.

At first, whenever I first got into the UFC, I was like, 'oh my God, I'm in the UFC.' When you come from where I came from, being in the UFC basically meant I was on top of the world.

I don't want to fight once a year. I like fighting every other month.

You know, once you have the belt you want to be less active, fighting once a year.

The guys in the top five, they're good everywhere. Me, I'm just almost one-dimensional.

I used to only train 30 minutes a day.

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.

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.

That's usually the way I am - I don't care what my opponent can do. I just focus on myself.

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

I'm serious, I don't stay in the gym each day like my opponents.

I'm an optimistic guy.

I gotta work on my overall game.

My heart outweighs all the talent. If they've got more talent, I believe that my heart will still overcome that. You've got to have heart to step inside the octagon anyway.

I go into every fight with a bad back and overweight and a damn-near diabetic.

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

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.

I know just about everything that really goes on with domestic violence.

I've been through so much stuff that I hope even my enemies wouldn't have to go through.

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.