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Life is tough, but I'm tougher.
Resilience is going to pay off.
I always come back around. I make it work.
Wrestling was the hardest thing I've ever done.
I'm always shocked when people feel threatened by me.
The pressure... It's not real unless you let it be real.
With a lot of things in life, it's hard to do the right thing.
I don't care who I'm fighting if I'm not fighting for the title.
Hang onto that goal and you do what you have to do to make it happen.
Nothing can stay great forever, and nothing can stay horrible forever.
Am I nervous? Yeah. Am I scared? Sure. But I do this because I love it.
I'm a person that, when I'm in the right mood, not any one of these girls can touch me.
Nothing always stays the same. You don't stay happy forever. You don't stay sad forever.
The stage, the show, the fans, that doesn’t matter because I’m always gonna fight my fight.
Life is going to present you with tons of problems, it's what you do about them that matters.
Women's MMA has come a really long way. People look forward to us fighting, and they get excited.
I don't think about being tired, I don't think about my technique. I just try to break their will.
I think the match up is one of the century and I have what it takes to take Cyborg down, if anyone does.
When I fight, I don't think about being tired, I don't think about technique. I just try to break their will.
Everybody had a bad day. It's possible to have two bad days in a row. And in this sport, it's so unforgiving.
I think everyone has the desire in their life to be the best at something that touches them, that reaches them.
I can't get to the point where my brain is mush and I can barely talk, because my son's life depends on my health.
To call myself a fighter is to be selfish at times. It makes me resent my opponent. That's motivation I can tap into.
Being strong, showing that you will see things through no matter what comes your way, that's what matters most to me.
Usually, I spar with dudes. When I spar with girls, I worry about how they're feeling, what they're thinking. I care.
I like to be confident, absolutely not cocky, and I like to have that healthy fear of my opponents. It keeps me on my toes.
The first thing I usually do after a fight is apologize to my coaches because I didn't do one damn thing they told me to do.
I need to show my son that when things get hard and rough - not if, when - you have to keep going; you have to move forward.
When I'm feeling comfortable at home, confident in my day-to-day, being healthy and being the best person I can be, MMA is easy.
Half the reason I fight the way I fight is because of where I get my mind, and I'm very protective of the things that matter to me.
I walked into the gym not even knowing what jiu-jitsu or MMA and all that was. I was looking to lose baby weight after I had my son.
My desire to fight comes from within... it's a personal journey of accomplishment, not meant to be judges or for me to judge others.
When I think about protecting my son and fighting for him, that's a big threat in a fight. If I can go there, it makes me unstoppable.
There's moments where things are harder than others, and there are obviously questions, but when it comes down to it, there is no quit in me.
When things are right and things are focused, it's a game to me, and I'm there just stalking and punching and grabbing and tearing people up.
I'm training at Alliance because they encourage me, and they motivate me, and they try to build on my uniqueness as a fighter, as an athlete.
You can sit there and punch me in the head for three minutes straight, but I'm gonna figure it out. I always do. I just know that about myself.
You can have a fight card full of male fights, but yet when that women's fight comes on, that's what people watch. They're super excited by it.
I have a lot of plaques; I have a lot of accolades - things that I'm proud of - but I don't think I ever reached my full potential as a wrestler.
My first fight was incredible; it was surreal. I almost forgot I had to fight, I was so overcome with emotion. It was just an amazing experience.
When life is going to present you with tons of problems - really hard ones, some less hard, some debilitating - it's what you do about them that matters.
Sometimes I look at my opponent, and I resent them because of the time I miss with my son by having to train for them, and that gives me even more strength.
I've done what I could as far as getting physically healthy after my knee injury, and I've done what I could to get mentally healthy after losing my husband.
I feel like every catastrophe in our lives, you remember exactly where you were, what you were doing, who you were with, almost down to what you were wearing.
I just put all my energy into me and focusing on what I'm going to do, and I'll go in there and do that right through the end of the fight until I get the job done.
How I hurt my knee was doing something so minimal that it was a little worrisome. To try that motion and others again, after the injury and after surgery, made you worry a bit.
I took a trip to Thailand. I visited a bunch of different gyms that are places where I always wanted to train, and get technique and education from people who I really look up to.
I never stopped training. You know, I stopped fighting. When I was injured, when I lost my husband, I stopped when I needed to take the break. But I never stopped training because training is my therapy.
Sometimes, we find what we want by also finding out what you don't want. All of that is trial and error. Once you're in that pit, the trial and error is important. It's up to us; we've got to keep moving forward.
I already knew a lot about the ground aspects of MMA, being a wrestler, but there was so much more. There was kicking, punching, and other things I wish I could have done as a wrestler. It really stoked my interest.