Quotes from Bianca Belair

I always think about the role models I had when I was a little girl. They really made me feel how big I could dream, they made me feel I could do things that I did not think I could do before. And because of them, I went and did what I did and I am where I am now.

Physically, I'm strong, I'm fast, I'm tough, I'm rough.

I tote around that big ol' sewing machine with me everywhere I go.

I feel like anytime I can get into the ring with someone like Sasha Banks, I can learn so much.

Sasha Banks is amazing.

I've been getting in the ring with the best, and I've been beating the best.

I remember I started isolating myself. I stopped going to church and believing in God. People would say to me 'Be happy,' and I was like that's easier said than done.

I've found myself very vulnerable in some of my moments, but that's because I'm opening up to invite people to come on this journey.

I'm not a morning person. But it doesn't matter if I wake up at seven, eight, or noon, I'm still having breakfast food first thing when I wake up.

My actual real name is Bianca Blair.

I did gymnastics, I wanted to be like Dominique Dawes. But the good think about role models is that you don't just have them when you are kid. My role models from WWE came when I was older. When I was 27, my role models from WWE became Jacqueline and Beth Phoenix.

I'm very picky and very particular.

I love bananas and almond butter.

I was the first woman in a Hell in a Cell match that wasn't part of the Four Horsewomen, so there was a lot of pressure involved.

I've played almost every sport in the book and basketball was one of the sports that I played. We were state runner-up champions and state champions in basketball in high school.

When I was in NXT, I was going after the NXT Women's Championship and it never happened, I would constantly check in on my perspective.

I like to go out there and perform my best. I like to be the best, I like to shine, I like to be in the spotlight, so I like anything that sparkles. Anything that glitters, that's why I'm into rhinestones. Superstars wear sequins, so I wear sequins and rhinestones.

People do their cheat meals after their matches, but I have pizza the night before.

I've had to learn that food is not my enemy. I work out once or twice a day and I'm lifting super heavy weights. I need fuel to keep going.

I've been listening to Nicki Minaj since high school. Like, mix tape Nicki Minaj. Like, the mix tape, you know, 2006/2007. Huge fan of her.

I feel like I have a target on my back, but ain't nobody hitting it.

It's really cool to just be able to do what you love alongside the person that you love.

My role models were from track-and-field - Florence Griffith Joyner, Gail Devers.

I want to enjoy what I'm doing and don't want to be frustrated, and angry and bitter with what I'm doing.