Quotes from Cat Zingano

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.

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.

I'm always shocked when people feel threatened by me.

I don't care who I'm fighting if I'm not fighting for the title.

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.

Am I nervous? Yeah. Am I scared? Sure. But I do this because I love 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.

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.

I was very much a student of the sport. I wanted to know everything, all the moves. It was the coolest thing I had seen. I started winning matches. Dads didn't want their sons to face a girl. Coaches didn't want to put any of their wrestlers up against me to be beaten by a girl.

Wrestling was the hardest thing I've ever done.

I'm a person that, when I'm in the right mood, not any one of these girls can touch me.

Life is tough, but I'm tougher.

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 was satisfied with having a couple of fights a year, to enjoy them and have them be part of my training routine. When the UFC came around, it seemed like it fell in my lap. It was like I got so good at my hobby, and now I'm living all these people's dreams who had been working for so many years.

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 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.

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.

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'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.

Nothing can stay great forever, and nothing can stay horrible forever.

Nothing always stays the same. You don't stay happy forever. You don't stay sad forever.

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.

I always come back around. I make it work.

Usually, I spar with dudes. When I spar with girls, I worry about how they're feeling, what they're thinking. I care.