Quotes About Athletics

I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre. I don't have anything against Georges St-Pierre. I think he's a great fighter.

I'm a woman who's been in a man's sport since the age of 15, and to see people finally seeing what I saw right from the start, that female fighters are just as good 'pound-for-pound' as our male counterparts.

I think I'm one of the hardest-training fighters in the world.

At the end of the day, I'm one of the greatest fighters on the planet.

I was one of the most popular fighters of my era.

I'm very open to fight Valentina Shevchenko. I always want to fight the best fighters and I think that she is one of the top female fighters in the world.

I want people to talk about me in five, 10 years, 20 years, that I was one of the best female MMA fighters, that I was one of the best UFC champions in the world back in the day. This is what I want.

I want to go against the best fighters. That's why I'm always calling out Georges St-Pierre.

Bar none, hands down, no matter what division I'm in, I am one of the best fighters in the world.

I want to be one of the elite fighters in the division.

I didn't and still don't watch sport all that often, but I did see all the Pride fights back in the day, which is when I first saw MMA and I felt that's something I really want to do.

My last year of football I started having a couple of MMA fights, and bringing the weight down. It started in the pre-season of football, just to keep fit, and I did really well.

I've already took out the hardest guys in my division. Back to back we've got Chad Mendes, Aldo, and Max. Stylistically, they were the three hardest fights.

Almost every single one of my fights was the fight of the night and the public was always interested in watching me compete.

It's interesting how Khabib fights but to me it's just boring, it's lazy.

I just want to be a fighter. I just like to win fights.

I won my first 10 fights by knockout. The money was getting larger at the same time.

As far as losing fights, that's part of the sport.

The first am fight I had, I was 10 yrs. old. I didn't count, but as far as I remember, it was approximately 350 fights. It was a lot of fights.

I'm the world champ at 145. Why do I have to go down a division? Of course I want to make the fights nice for the fans, but I don't want to do something to make my life terrible.

I have wrestling. Yes, I do; my background is wrestling. I have knockout power. Just because I don't go out there and use it all, you don't have to use it all to win fights.

I don't like to use - I never use - any kind of drugs to help me in my fights. I don't like that. I don't like drugs.

If you paid me $2 million, I'm sure I could lose my belly. But I don't get paid to look a certain way. I get paid to win fights. That's what I concentrate on.

Training for five-round fights is too much for the body.