'It's never enough': Derrick Lewis on family drama, love from fans and fighting near 40 - ESPN
It would be lazy to simplify Derrick Lewis' journey to the UFC as the clichéd tale of the Black kid who had to fight his way out of the impoverished confines of New Orleans to escape the fate of incarceration or an early grave. That story is told far too often when it comes to Black athletes. The success story that isn't told about Black athletes enough is the one where they overcome a feeling of guilt for their accomplishments when the people around them act like they are owed something.
