I want people to see me for who I am and not for how someone else is trying to promote me.
I wake up every morning and I surprise myself. I wake up to a new me.
My knowledge of video games ends with Nintendo 'Mario Bros.'
You shouldn't be greedy. You should feel good about yourself and not be greedy of what other people have.
When I throw a punch, I mean it.
On 'American Gladiators,' I got to pummel a lot of people off a pyramid with a giant Q-tip. It was so much fun to wrestle people with no risk of getting knocked out or choked out.
I am not a violent person. I actually don't like to hurt people.
Fighting is my career, it's what I love to do, but I am taking offers and trying to expand because the more I expand myself, the more valuable I become to promoters.
A lot of people enjoyed the film 'Haywire' and a lot of people have mixed feelings on it but regardless, a lot of people have said really wonderful things about it being my first experience, that the fighting they absolutely enjoyed. So I think I've gotten a lot more fans, actually.
I like fighting because it's honest.
Well you know, I have the utmost respect for people like Angelina Jolie and Zoe Saldana in 'Colombiana. '
The guys I date always want to test my strength and wrestle around. By the end, they're drenched in sweat.
Of course, fighting is not going to be as graceful as movie fighting. I don't like it to be ugly and I don't like it to be one big brawl or people clobbering each other.
I am always training because I love it.
I've had cameras on me since I started the art of fighting and I think that I'm used to having cameras on me in adrenaline-type situations.
There are certain things that I always dreamed of, like fighting in the UFC. There's just certain things that I feel like haven't been accomplished there. There's such great women coming up in the sport; seems like a wonderful time to be in women's MMA.
Fighting is very physical and extreme and you're very vulnerable. It's a very mental type of thing.
I have gotten some of the most beautiful experiences that a person can possibly ask for so I'm not at all complaining.
My first fight. I fought a girl that was a little bit heavier, a little bit more experienced and I was petrified because I didn't know what I was getting myself into. And I did really well against her and nobody believed it was my first fight.
I know I don't look like the skinny slender model. I know I look a little different but people like to watch me for some reason. It feels good and I'm humbled by it.
