Quotes About Dedication

I'm not a fighter to score points of fight with time limit.

When you're a fighter, you have to be ready all the time. There's no 'I need a month.' It's always time.

I believe I get the belt then I'll get the money. I'm not trying to be the best fighter in the world. It's all about the cheddar.

I will tell you right now, I want to fight the No. 1 fighter in the world. I always said that I want to fight the No. 1 fighter.

Kids wake up in the morning and say, 'I want to be a UFC fighter one day,' just like they do in baseball.

I made peace with retirement, but when you're a fighter, you're always a fighter.

I've got world championship potential; I'm out there to be the best fighter I can be.

I'm a purist, and I'm more a fighter than an athlete.

Against any fighter out there I'd back myself 100 per cent. I don't care who you are, what title you've got. Once we're in the ring I'm just going to perform to the best of my ability, go out and give it all I've got.

I want to be a fighter, this is what I love to do, but it's totally taxing on the body and the mind. Especially the mind.

I made it a goal of mine to fight the biggest challenges, so that people can appreciate who I am as a fighter.

I'm carrying the sport of women's boxing and I am the best woman fighter and that's my role.

My dream has always been to be a UFC champion. It wasn't to be a main event fighter.

I just say to myself I'm going to be a better fighter day to day. That's my thing.

Any fighter worth his salt wants to be the best and to be the best you have to fight the best.

I grew up watching Anderson. He was my favorite fighter.

If people knew what I have sacrificed then they'd understand why I put so much into every fight. This has pretty much been my life for as long as I can remember and the work that has been put in to make sure that I become the best fighter in the world means that there can't be no other way.

Some guys are athletes and some guys are fighters. But, whether I look down on that or not, they're just out there trying to do the best job they can to put food on the table, so I can't be too hard on them.

I don't know how much the other fighters make. But I need to tell you that, for myself, money is not the first consideration.

There are those kind of fighters that just go in to get paid. That's not me, man. I have never been that guy.

I want to compete against some of the best female fighters in MMA. That's my goal.

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

If it wasn't for us fighters, who have carried the sport on our backs since the very beginning... without fighters there is no fight, there's no event, and no show.

I've been in the fight business my whole life. I know fighters.