Quotes from Jessica Andrade

It's hard to have a good career in soccer, especially women's soccer.

All I wanted to do was play soccer. I used to tell my mom that I wanted to be like Marta, that I would be the best in the world and make her really proud, that she would see me on TV.

What's the point of hitting pads, landing 10,000 punches, and then landing punches that are soft as feathers in the fight? I hit hard.

On the feet, I realized that it will be hard for anyone to knock me out, I have a solid chin and everything will be alright.

It's complicated to stand and trade with me. My first hand lands and you already feel it.

Even though the UFC is millionaire, trillionaire, we have to live our reality. Unfortunately, the UFC makes all that, we don't. But I'm happy with my job, happy with my salary.

Guillotine is my specialty. I love it.

I didn't make any money in soccer, only spent money. I had offers to play in Sao Paulo, but my mother didn't let me go.

When I saw it was possible and I would fight well... I realized that I would have more opportunities at 115, would be better ranked and put on better fights, I spoke with my coach and we decided to do it.

I always consider myself to be the underdog.

There were a lot of new opportunities after I won the belt. People look at you more when you're the champion, UFC looks at you differently, you can negotiate bigger purses.

Oh, I think Neymar would be a nice guy I'd like to meet. Messi, too. Cristiano Ronaldo. I think they are guys that their lives would encourage me. They would be nice people to meet and know more about their stories, to evolve and grow more with their stories. I think it would be cool to meet them.

Joanna is a nice person. She helped me a lot before my fights at bantamweight.

I was able to do nice things at 135, and came to 115 at the perfect time.

If I have to fight at 125, I'll do it. No problem.

I'm not that type of fighter that fights one or two times a year. Staying out makes you lose focus, lose rhythm. I have to fight.

Fighting your opponent's strengths is the key, you frustrate them on what they have best.

To beat Shevchenko, you'd have to close the distance and work with strikes close to the cage to take away her energy, her strength, and work with the ground and pound or something like that.

I worked a lot on my striking game and I'm getting better and better every day.

I won't choose opponents.

I wasn't the type of person to gain much weight after a fight, but at 115 I can be bigger and more powerful than my opponents.

Because of Valentina's career in MMA and the way she beats her opponents, beating her will be even more important than when I won the strawweight belt.

I like fighting where my opponents are better.

Whatever you sexual orientation is, it doesn't affect how you work or who you are or what you do.