Derrick Lewis Quotes

What it really comes down to is that I believe I'm the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world, and to do that, I need to beat the best.

I think I'm one of the fastest and strongest lightweights out there.

I'm the most well-rounded fighter on the planet.

I'm committed to the fight game.

I'm pretty sure I could beat Tyron Woodley. Nothing against him.

I'm going to show I'm the best fighter in the world.

MMA is a sport. We go out here and we do battle. Everybody has family, friends, they train really hard.

No one should ever bring my muscular build up and think it is going to have something to do with my output in the fight.

If people will pay to see it, I'll fight anyone in any sport.

There's just a spirit about you that it's such a beautiful art form in which you can implement strategy in order to subdue another individual. And I really feel like that's in wrestling and UFC; we're kind of - we collaborate in that way.

When I was competing in Muay Thai I used to fight every month.

When I started training to fight, it was more out of boredom than anything. I was looking for more things to do. I started with boxing, and my coaches told me I had a lot of potential and that I should consider making it a career. I was like, 'Whatever.' I was just 15 at the time, and I never imagined something like that.

There's not a woman in this world that can beat me if we put on a pair of gloves and we fight. I've accomplished so much.

Any fighter worth his salt wants to be the best and to be the best you have to fight the best.

That's why I think that I have a big advantage, because I work on my striking a ton, but I don't forget about my wrestling, what brought me to the dance.

I've trained with Douglas Lima, he's a tough kid, but I could feel the weight difference.

I know my jiu-jitsu is good enough to beat the best guys in the world.

I love this fight game. I'm passionate about it. I feel great about it.

I always trained with men, and always had to use all my power and strength to win in the gym. When I tapped men in training, I thought if I finished a man, the fight will be easy. But that's not how it works and not how I should think. A fight is completely different, and that became an issue.

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.

I put myself in a position where I made wrestling an option for me. I don't have to wrestle. I don't have to take another shot for the rest of my life if I don't want to. I have good enough hands, good enough boxing, good enough timing to strike with anybody in our division.

The main reason I like UFC is not just the martial arts aspect, but it's about one person against the other person. It's about being able to test yourself with the truth.

You gotta fight all the karate guys, and once you kill them off, now you gotta get to the ninjas. Once you get through the ninjas, now you gotta get to the showmen. Now me, I'm the showman of big men.

When you fight MMA, there are so many things involved, so many techniques, that you just can't do everything or you'll over-train.

How I fight is what got me into the UFC in the first place.