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I was just a little three-year-old kid, and I loved Hulk Hogan. And when you're a three-year-old kid, you don't list off the reasons. I was just drawn to him. He was always my favorite, even in the video games and everything like that. He was the one that I always remembered and liked the most. By Ronda Rousey Kid Hogan Hulk Loved Reasons

I'm a big crier. I never cry when something is painful, but I cry if things are frustrating. Like if I'm trying to do something, and I mess up over and over. If I'm playing a video game, and I can't beat a level that I've tried 10 times, I'll cry. When I was a kid, I think I cried for every practice from 2003 to the middle of 2006. By Ronda Rousey Cry Crier Big Painful Frustrating

My life is so active, and I'm fighting the whole day that I don't have any aggressiveness or any energy outside of fighting. I'm the most chill couch potato you could ever meet. By Ronda Rousey Fighting Active Life Day Aggressiveness

I have a candle permanently on my Jacuzzi because I love me some candles. By Ronda Rousey Jacuzzi Permanently Love Candle Candles

When I was in school, martial arts made you a dork, and I became self-conscious that I was too masculine. I was a 16-year-old girl with ringworm and cauliflower ears. People made fun of my arms and called me 'Miss Man.' It wasn't until I got older that I realized: These people are idiots. I'm fabulous. By Ronda Rousey School Martial Dork Masculine Arts

My one fear is failure and that's one fear I have to face all the time. Yes, it's uncomfortable to be scared but I'm finally comfortable being uncomfortable. By Ronda Rousey Fear Time Failure Face Uncomfortable

When you and everyone around you are immersed in one small community, it is easy to mistake it for the whole world. But once you break away, you realize that no one outside your tiny circle gives a shit about the stupid stuff that was at the center of your little world. When you understand that, you discover there is a much bigger, better world out there. By Ronda Rousey World Community Immersed Small Easy

I never really liked weightlifting because there is no problem solving, whereas when I am fighting, I am trying to solve a problem, so I don't think about being tired. I box, wrestle, do jujitsu, run up sand dunes; every single day is something different so that I am mentally engaged. That's what makes me want to train longer. By Ronda Rousey Problem Solving Fighting Tired Weightlifting

I get asked that a lot and I always go back to my mom's, 'No one has the right to beat you.' I take that to every venue that I'm in. She would say, 'Someone has to be the best in the world, why not you?' I always try to keep that in mind. By Ronda Rousey Mom Asked Lot Back Beat

Some girls sit around and watch 'Gossip Girl' together. Me and my girlfriends watch 'Raw' and 'SmackDown.' By Ronda Rousey Gossip Watch Raw Girls Girl

Everything in the world is information. The information you choose to acknowledge and the information you choose to ignore is up to you. You can let outside factors beyond your control throw off your focus. You can let aching muscles hold you back. You can let silence make you feel uncomfortable. By choosing to focus only on the information that is necessary, you can tune out every distraction, and achieve far more. By Ronda Rousey Information Choose World Focus Acknowledge

I wasn't always the most fashionable, and I would come to school with cauliflower ear and ringworm. I got made fun of a lot. People called me 'Miss Man' and 'Guns,' and people directed a lot of karate jokes at me. I wish that I was at school now that MMA and martial arts is cool, but back when I was in school, people associated it with nerdy stuff. By Ronda Rousey Fashionable Ringworm School People Cauliflower

I'm going to be super successful one day, and I'm going to write a book. It's going to be a kickass autobiography. And this is how it always happens in the book. This is just that part of the book where the character is going through hard times. This is that sucky part of the story. Just get through a few more pages, and it's going to have an amazing ending. By Ronda Rousey Book Day Super Successful Write

I don't lift weights at all. Every muscle on my body is for an actual task; there is no muscle that I train for show. If I want to be able to do a certain move or action, I train really hard until I can. And with all of that training comes muscle definition, so it's really an afterthought. By Ronda Rousey Muscle Lift Weights Train Task

I was painfully shy for a long time. I mean, that's something I really had to work my way out of. And I really think it was because, after the 2008 Olympics, I spent a whole year bartending. It was the one thing that really forced me to be just not so scared to start conversations with strangers. By Ronda Rousey Time Painfully Shy Long Olympics

I had a lot of trouble speaking as a kid. I didn't really speak in coherent sentences until I was, like, 6 years old. There was a long time where everybody was very worried, because my sisters were so advanced for their age, and I would barely talk. By Ronda Rousey Kid Lot Trouble Speaking Years

The confusing thing is we now live in a society where it's not illegal to be an asshole, but it's illegal to slap one. By Ronda Rousey Illegal Asshole Confusing Thing Live

When you're doing something like body paint or a nude shoot, you're making yourself very vulnerable, and you're really trusting people to really take care of you and make sure everything is very professional. By Ronda Rousey Shoot Vulnerable Professional Body Paint

We were in the middle of a sandbar in the middle of the ocean with no one around, and still someone was following me from New York, and was hiding in some bushes like a mile away with a long lens, so he still got pictures. It was really an eye opener to how you really have to be careful about being followed everywhere. I was trying to go to the most remote place in the world, I was out on a sandbar in the middle of the ocean, and they still found me. It was definitely a very new experience. By Ronda Rousey York Middle Sandbar Lens Pictures

Most people get scared away from having an opinion. It's not so much my opinions everybody relates to, it's that I don't care about being punished for it. By Ronda Rousey People Scared Opinion Opinions Relates

The moment you stop viewing your opponent as a threat is the moment you leave yourself open to getting beat. By Ronda Rousey Moment Beat Stop Viewing Opponent

They're going to say that because no one else has ever done something, that it can't be done. You have to be crazy enough to believe that you are the one person in the history of the world who can create that change or accomplish that dream. By Ronda Rousey Dream Crazy Person History World

She taught me that it is not enough to just be better than everyone else. You have to be so much better that no one can deny your superiority. You have to realize that the judges are not always going to give the win to you. You have to win so clearly that they have no choice but to declare you the winner. You have to be able to win every match twice on your worst day. By Ronda Rousey Win Taught Superiority Deny Realize

I got a lot of body paint on me in a short period of time. I would definitely do it again because Joann [Gair] is so brilliant, but I would definitely need, like, a good long break for it. By Ronda Rousey Time Gair Lot Body Paint

I was in a weight-cutting sport, in judo, so I had to be a certain weight on a deadline. It kind of pushed me into having a really unhealthy relationship with food in my teens. I felt like if I wasn't exactly on weight, I wasn't good-looking. By Ronda Rousey Sport Judo Deadline Weightcutting Weight

I was always pushed to do that much more, and in the long run that made me more of an MMA fighter. My mom always told me that if I let it go to the judges, I'd lost. There was no way I was going to win a decision, so I had to find ways to finish the fight fast. By Ronda Rousey Mma Fighter Pushed Long Run

I'm very anti-domestic violence. By Ronda Rousey Violence Antidomestic

Do I ever get tired of being the first female everything? Not really, I just happened to be in a position where the job that I wanted was not really there for me. I had to create an opportunity instead of waiting for an opportunity. By Ronda Rousey Tired Female Opportunity Happened Position

Skinny girls look good in clothes, but fit chicks look good naked By Ronda Rousey Good Skinny Clothes Naked Girls

After I moved back home, I started seeing a guy named Bob. (His name wasn't really Bob, but my mom calls all of her daughter's boyfriends Bob. The only way a guy gets called by his real name is to marry into the family. 'Why waste time learning his name if he's not going to be sticking around?' she says.) By Ronda Rousey Bob Home Guy Moved Back

The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I was lucky enough to go twice, but most people only get one chance. And in judo you can train your whole life and it'll come down to a split second: You can lose everything or win anything. By Ronda Rousey Thing Olympics Chance Lucky People

After thirteen years, the American flag that had been placed on Dad's coffin at his funeral had been unfurled and was fluttering in the arms of my mother. My dad had always believed By Ronda Rousey American Years Mother Dad Thirteen

My punishment lasted a month. Knowing I could push through pain and succeed has lasted a lifetime. Pain was just something I became accustomed to as part of life. If you're an athlete and want to win, something always hurts. You are always dealing with bruises and injuries. You're testing how far you can push the human body, and whoever pushes it the furthest wins. By Ronda Rousey Lasted Month Punishment Pain Push

If you ever wanna be motivated, go try and be homeless for a day and that will just light a fire under your butt like none other. By Ronda Rousey Motivated Wanna Homeless Day Light

See, for some reason, I feel like it's a victory if I wake up one minute before the alarm. It's like I'm in a contest with myself, with my foot kicking around until it wakes up the rest of my body. It's the stupidest thing. But it makes me feel like I've already won something. By Ronda Rousey Reason Alarm Victory Minute Feel

A lot of people, once they become champion, they relax, kind of sit in the position and try to enjoy it. But I feel like everything I've ever worked for could be lost at any moment. I work harder and harder and harder, because I want to be farther ahead with every fight, and not worrying about these girls catching up to me. By Ronda Rousey People Champion Relax Kind Harder

Everyone wants to win. But to truly succeed - whether it is at a sport or at your job or in life - you have to be willing to do the hard work, overcome the challenges, and make the sacrifices it takes to be the best at what you do. By Ronda Rousey Win Succeed Life Work Overcome

The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue really sets the social standard for what people expect the perfect woman's body to look like, and a lot of those bodies usually look the same. By Ronda Rousey Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Sets

If you're unwilling to leave someplace you've outgrown, you will never reach your full potential. To be the best, you have to constantly be challenging yourself, raising the bar, pushing the limits of what you can do. Don't stand still, leap forward. By Ronda Rousey Outgrown Potential Unwilling Leave Someplace

I love waking up to Sunday morning pancakes. The whole process of making them, just out in the kitchen together making pancakes on a Sunday morning; that's an experience every girl should have. By Ronda Rousey Sunday Morning Pancakes Love Waking

That's the thing I'm worst at: resting. I have to be forced to do it. Sometimes I think of loopholes. 'Oh, I'm just going for a walk, up a dune that's 45 degrees, but I'm walking, so it's not a workout.' By Ronda Rousey Resting Thing Worst Degrees Forced

I don't feel the need to be the hot chick every second of the day. I like to be able to surprise people when I turn it on. I want it to be like the movie 'She's All That' when they unveil her. By Ronda Rousey Day Feel Hot Chick Surprise

Judo was one of those sports where they give you guidelines but then try to tell you to develop your own style. By Ronda Rousey Judo Style Sports Give Guidelines

I just want to tailgate, drink beer, and hang out in the middle of nowhere in a pick-up truck. That's my ideal date. By Ronda Rousey Tailgate Drink Beer Truck Hang

That's why I love fighting, because I get to have a big battle every couple months to make up for the little battles I have to forfeit every day By Ronda Rousey Fighting Day Love Big Couple

People love the idea of winning an Olympic medal or a world title. But what few people realize is that pretty much every second leading up to the actual win is uncomfortable, painful, and impossibly daunting - physically and mentally. Most people focus on the wrong thing: They focus on the result, not the process. The process is the sacrifice; it is all the hard parts - the sweat, the pain, the tears, the losses. You make the sacrifices anyway. You learn to enjoy them, or at least embrace them. By Ronda Rousey Olympic People Title Love Idea

One of my mom's best lines is ... You're not training to be the best in the world, you're training to be the best in the world on your worst day. By Ronda Rousey Mom Lines Training World Day

I like quoting 'Lord of the Rings': 'My list of allies grows thin! My list of enemies grows long!' By Ronda Rousey Lord Rings List Quoting Thin

I'm kind of like a middle mix between a warrior diet and a Paleo diet, so I only eat once a day and it's at night - so kind of like interval fasting. But I eat until I'm full, I eat as much as I want, and I really don't eat anything that you couldn't find, you know, 10,000 years ago. By Ronda Rousey Kind Eat Paleo Diet Night

I try not to get caught up on how cool I am. That way nothing ever gets done. I'm always thinking about what I haven't done. By Ronda Rousey Caught Cool Thinking

For girls, it raises your testosterone, so I try to have as much sex as possible before I fight. By Ronda Rousey Girls Testosterone Fight Raises Sex

A lot of my best clothes I buy at photo shoots because I don't have time to shop. By Ronda Rousey Shop Lot Clothes Buy Photo

I kind of like to think of myself as the bad girl Olympian that would get kicked out of the Miss America pageant. By Ronda Rousey Olympian Miss America Pageant Kind

Life is a fight from the minute you take your first breath to the moment you exhale your last. By Ronda Rousey Life Fight Minute Breath Moment

I want her to look at me. I want her to stare me in the eye. I want her to see that I have no fear. I want her to know she stands no chance. I want her to be scared. I want her to know she is going to lose. By Ronda Rousey Eye Stare Fear Chance Scared

The style I have in judo is very unique ... One big advantage a judo player has is they have very good posture and - like, wrestlers, they show when they're about to do a take-down ... which judo players don't, and so I kind of incorporate the boxing style with a judo grip and finishing that way. By Ronda Rousey Judo Unique Style Wrestlers Takedown

Fear of failure is always a driver but the thirst for more is a good one too ... So I think you need a little bit of both. By Ronda Rousey Fear Failure Driver Thirst Good

The reaction has been amazing because there is no woman that could look at these covers and not be like, 'That's what I could look like,' or, 'I pretty much already look like one of these chicks.' It really makes beauty seem so much more attainable to people. By Ronda Rousey Chicks Reaction Amazing Woman Covers

I think that going on any reality show is not good for your mental health because you behave differently when you are being watched, and you constantly have an extra bit of awareness of what's going on all the time. By Ronda Rousey Watched Time Reality Show Good

People want to project their own insecurities on others, but I refuse to allow them to put that on me. Just because you don't think that you could be the best in the world doesn't mean that I shouldn't have the confidence to believe I can do anything. By Ronda Rousey People Project Insecurities Refuse Put

The kind of hope I'm talking about is the belief that something good will come. That everything you're going through and everything you've gone through will be worth the struggles and frustrations. The kind of hope I'm talking about is a deep belief that the world can be changed, that the impossible is possible. By Ronda Rousey Kind Hope Talking Belief Good

One of the greatest days of my life was when I came to understand that other people's approval and my happiness were not related. By Ronda Rousey Related Greatest Days Life Understand

I've coached doing judo, but I've never coached MMA. I'll have my own coach with me to help me along the way and I can't really fail with him by my side, but I'm a little nervous. By Ronda Rousey Mma Coached Judo Side Nervous

I love feeling like I'm inhabiting the body of a ninja, like I could rob a liquor store with my bare hands if I wanted to. By Ronda Rousey Ninja Love Feeling Inhabiting Body

There was a long time I had no job security, no options and no education. By Ronda Rousey Security Education Long Time Job

You go through every single inch of the emotional spectrum on fight week. You're the most stressed out you've ever been, you're the most pressured you've ever been, you're the happiest you've ever been - it's hard. It's exhausting. By Ronda Rousey Week Single Inch Emotional Spectrum

I train to be the best in the world on my worst day By Ronda Rousey Day Train World Worst

What I'm really looking to do is retire undefeated; I'm not sure when the right time to retire will be, but I know that I'm not done yet. Something still feels unfinished, and that's why I'm going to keep going. By Ronda Rousey Retire Undefeated Time Unfinished Feels

People say this all the time and everyone, like, nods their head and is like, 'Oh yeah, totally,' but no one ever does it, including myself. I can do better at it, is just drinking a lot of water, like a gallon and a half, two gallons a day, like, straight water all day. By Ronda Rousey Totally People Nods Yeah Including

I spent the whole first year of my career just on my legs. If you have good legs under you, then you can punch. Anybody can stand and throw their hands and look like an idiot. If you actually want to learn how to punch, you have to work on being balanced on your legs and feeling your legs under you. Feel the ground. By Ronda Rousey Legs Punch Spent Year Career

I did what sports were supposed to be like, and I was living in my car. So you know what, fine. I'm gonna talk a bunch of sh*t. I'm gonna pose in a couple of pictures. And I'm gonna break a couple of girl's arms, and I'm not gonna feel the least bit sorry about it because you know what? At least I can feed my dog. By Ronda Rousey Gonna Car Sports Supposed Living

I'm not a full model like those other girls. Mostly I was surprised that I could hang. By Ronda Rousey Girls Full Model Hang Surprised

There have always been people who have written me off. They're not going away. I use that to motivate me. I'm driven to show them just how wrong they are. By Ronda Rousey People Written Motivate Driven Show

No one is ever going to give you anything of value. You have to work for it, sweat for it, fight for it. But there is far greater value in accomplishments you earn than in accolades that are merely given to you. When you earn something, you never have to worry about justifying that you truly deserve it. By Ronda Rousey Give Earn Sweat Fight Work

Every naked chick in the room ran toward the scale. It was just titties and passports everywhere. By Ronda Rousey Scale Naked Chick Room Ran

If I can represent that body type of women that isn't represented so much in media, then I'd be happy to do that. By Ronda Rousey Media Represent Body Type Women

I respect Georges St. Pierre as a businessman and an athlete. I don't have anything against him personally. But he's not the kind of fighter I like watching. By Ronda Rousey Georges Pierre Athlete Respect Businessman

Once you give them the power to tell you you're great, you've also given them the power to tell you you're unworthy. Once you start caring about people's opinions of you, you give up control. By Ronda Rousey Power Give Great Unworthy Control

To win, you have to be willing to die. By Ronda Rousey Win Die

I'm a huge fan of wrestling, and I would like to see the position of women in the sport continue to improve, so if I can be a part of it, great. By Ronda Rousey Great Wrestling Improve Huge Fan

I'm going to retire undefeated. I'll take everybody out one-by-one then go on my merry way By Ronda Rousey Undefeated Retire Merry

There have been times in my adolescence where I gave up. I was like, 'I'm just never going to be pretty. I'm never going to be like one of those people on the front of magazines.' It always seemed really strange to me that the projection of how people are in advertisements looked nothing like the people who were actually buying them. You know what I mean? I never understood that mismatch, and now I really start to see that the people you see in the media are a lot more like people actually are. By Ronda Rousey People Times Adolescence Gave Pretty

At 150 pounds, I feel like I'm at my healthiest and my strongest and my most beautiful. By Ronda Rousey Pounds Beautiful Feel Healthiest Strongest

The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to. By Ronda Rousey Bad Girl Thing Mess Freedom

In the moments that you fall hardest - when you lose a job, or find out a boyfriend is cheating on you, or realize that you made a bad financial decision - you can channel your shame, your anger, your desire, your loss. You can learn, take chances, change course. You can choose to become so successful that no one can ever put you in a situation like that again. By Ronda Rousey Hardest Job Decision Shame Anger

I am pretty much gluten-free; I barely ever eat bread, and the only dairy I eat is Greek yogurt and goat cheese. By Ronda Rousey Greek Eat Glutenfree Bread Cheese

Reality TV is set up to make people entertaining. A good person with values and principles is not good television. By Ronda Rousey Reality Entertaining Set Make People

If I could have had everything exactly the way I wanted, this is how I would have written it down. Win all my fights in the first round, then go to the UFC and headline a show, and have it as a pay-per-view and at home. People's dreams don't come true like that. By Ronda Rousey Wanted Written Ufc Win Round

Complimenting yourself is the funnest form of manifestation. By Ronda Rousey Complimenting Manifestation Funnest Form

That I happened to fall into a career that no other girls wanted isn't surprising to me. I wanted something that didn't exist, so I had to create it. By Ronda Rousey Wanted Happened Fall Career Girls

When it comes to fighting, physical strength really has very little to do with it. One of the tenets that judo is founded upon is "Maximum efficiency, minimum effort." That has really defined my career. It is the foundation of all the techniques and everything I do. It's one reason why I don't get tired. It's one reason why I am able to fight girls who are a head taller than me, or chicks who are on steroids. People who cheat or dope lack the one thing every true champion must have: belief. No drug or amount of money or favoritism can ever give you belief in yourself. By Ronda Rousey Fighting Physical Strength Maximum Reason

One thing that I learned from judo ... Maximum efficiency and minimum effort. By Ronda Rousey Judo Thing Learned Maximum Effort

The best way to take a punch is to look at it. Honestly. Someone could hit you with the hardest punch that they have, but as long as you see it, it's not going to knock you out. It's the punches that you don't see that knock you out. So you could get tapped with a small punch, but if you don't see it, you're out. By Ronda Rousey Punch Knock Honestly Hit Hardest

I love Canadians. They are the coolest, nicest, most patriotic people, and they will support their countrymen no matter what, and I think that's commendable. By Ronda Rousey Canadians Nicest Love Coolest People

I make fractals. They're like mathematical pictures. My stepdad is actually a rocket scientist, so in his free time, he gave me a fractal program for fun. He showed me how to use it when I was about nine or 10, and I made thousands of fractals. By Ronda Rousey Make Fractals Pictures Scientist Time

I've separated my shoulder and my collarbone; I've messed up my knee a million times. I've broken my foot in several places. I've broken my toe a bunch, broken my nose a couple of times, and had a bunch of other annoying little injuries, like turf toe and arthritis and tendonitis. It's part of the game. By Ronda Rousey Broken Times Collarbone Separated Shoulder

I'm the biggest draw in the sport, and I'm a woman. By Ronda Rousey Sport Woman Biggest Draw

Mine's going to be the best book tour that ever happened! By Ronda Rousey Mine Happened Book Tour

It's not my responsibility to make everything I say idiot-proof. By Ronda Rousey Idiotproof Responsibility Make

Know when to explode and know when to relax By Ronda Rousey Relax Explode

I'm scared of failure all the time. But not scared enough to stop trying. By Ronda Rousey Time Scared Failure Stop

Some people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think 'how dare you assume I should think less of myself' By Ronda Rousey Arrogant People Call Cocky Dare

Champions do more than people who think that they've done more. By Ronda Rousey Champions People

I only have so much ring time that my body can endure. I've had four surgeries on my knees, arthritis in my neck, separated my shoulders, broken my nose. I'm just gonna hope that science advances faster than I can deteriorate. Because what am I gonna do? Put a perfect body into the ground? What's the point of that? By Ronda Rousey Endure Ring Time Body Gonna

Buffalo wings and cider is all I need. By Ronda Rousey Buffalo Wings Cider

I'm going to beat Alexis Davis then take a nap By Ronda Rousey Alexis Davis Nap Beat

Confidence is the number one thing I find attractive. By Ronda Rousey Confidence Attractive Number Thing Find

I'm voting for Bernie Sanders because he doesn't take any corporate money. By Ronda Rousey Bernie Sanders Money Voting Corporate

A sleeper just waits and when the time is right, they come out and wow everyone. That's you, kiddo. Don't you worry. By Ronda Rousey Kiddo Sleeper Waits Time Wow

Believe me, there's nothing I would like to do more than disappear for a while. By Ronda Rousey Disappear

I go to bed every night thinking about all the possible ways that I can succeed. By Ronda Rousey Succeed Bed Night Thinking

At the end of the day, I can't curl up with people's opinions. By Ronda Rousey Day Opinions End Curl People

I knew that I liked what I was doing, that it was what I wanted to do for a living, and that the profession didn't really exist so much. So I had to create it.? By Ronda Rousey Living Knew Wanted Profession Exist

drinks for the crowd. By Ronda Rousey Drinks Crowd

After I defended my title the first time when I beat Sarah Kaufman, I went back to my room, and my friend ordered all these trays of hot wings. They came into the room, and the little hotel sheet thing was draped over it, and I go to open it up, and it's breaded and boneless. I cried. By Ronda Rousey Kaufman Sarah Room Wings Defended

No one has the right to beat you. By Ronda Rousey Beat

Most people focus on the wrong thing; They focus on the result, not the process. The process is the sacrifice; it's all the hard parts - the sweat, the pain, the tears, the losses. You make the sacrifices anyway. You learn to enjoy them, or at least embrace them. In the end, it is the sacrifices that must fulfill you. By Ronda Rousey Focus Process Thing Result Sacrifices

I just like when a guy dresses for comfort, to be honest. If he takes longer to get ready than I do, that's a deal breaker. By Ronda Rousey Comfort Honest Guy Dresses Breaker

Judo taught me that I am capable of anything ... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious. By Ronda Rousey Judo Taught Capable Victorious Mentally

Winning is a bitch, but revenge is a motherfucker. By Ronda Rousey Winning Bitch Motherfucker Revenge

The bigger my chest is, the more it gets in the way. It just creates space. It makes me much more efficient if I don't have so much in the way between me and my opponent. By Ronda Rousey Bigger Chest Space Creates Opponent

Sports are a metaphor for life. By Ronda Rousey Sports Life Metaphor

I'm unbelievably ticklish. When I was a little kid, my sisters would hold me down and tickle me until I peed my pants. By Ronda Rousey Ticklish Unbelievably Kid Pants Sisters

When people say, "Oh you're so cocky. You're so arrogant," I feel like they're telling me that I think too highly of myself. My question for them is: "Who are you to tell me that I need to think less of myself? By Ronda Rousey Cocky People Arrogant Feel Telling

Don't doubt, don't stop ... The only 2 things that can stop you is to stop working and start doubting. By Ronda Rousey Doubt Stop Things Doubting Working

Even though I was painted, even though I had on seven layers of paint - to the point that I got a tan, it was as thick as a fabric - I think I felt the most naked because I couldn't cover myself at all. I didn't have to, so I had to be much more open and relaxed. By Ronda Rousey Painted Paint Tan Fabric Layers

If you work hard the fight's easy. If you don't work hard then the fight's hard. By Ronda Rousey Hard Easy Work Fight

Bartending took the romanticism out of drinking. By Ronda Rousey Bartending Drinking Romanticism

I am not looking to escape the pressure. I am embracing it. Pressure is what builds up in the chamber behind a bullet before it explodes out of the gun. By Ronda Rousey Escape Pressure Gun Embracing Builds

I'm the champion because I'm the best in every area. By Ronda Rousey Area Champion

Strong and healthy is the new sexy. By Ronda Rousey Strong Sexy Healthy

I always say you have to be willing to get your heart broken. By Ronda Rousey Broken Heart

I knew I would make something of myself. I just had to decide what that was going to be. By Ronda Rousey Knew Make Decide

Easy lives make boring people. By Ronda Rousey Easy People Lives Make Boring

You have to have fear in order to have courage. By Ronda Rousey Courage Fear Order

I don't want little girls to have the same ambitions as me. But I want them to know that it's okay to be ambitious. By Ronda Rousey Girls Ambitions Ambitious

Even before I was a fighter, I was a daddy's girl. By Ronda Rousey Fighter Girl Daddy

If there's a camera on me or off me, it's roughly the same, just a lot less energy. By Ronda Rousey Energy Camera Roughly Lot

I'm living such a lucky and blessed life and I'm trying my best to deserve it. By Ronda Rousey Living Lucky Blessed Life Deserve

I'm really encouraged by the progress I've seen with what they're doing with the women in WWE, but I feel like there's a lot more than can be done. By Ronda Rousey Wwe Encouraged Progress Women Feel

I'm selling a product, and I have to be out there; I don't have the option not to be. By Ronda Rousey Product Selling Option

There's something so zen-like and grateful of just ripping a hot wing apart and getting it all over your face, and everyone's happy. I love that atmosphere. By Ronda Rousey Face Happy Zenlike Grateful Ripping

BREAKFAST BOWL (FROM MY MIKE DOLCE MEAL PLAN) 2 tbsp oat bran (dry measure) 2 tbsp chia seeds 2 tbsp hemp seeds 1/2 cup blueberries 4 chopped strawberries 1/4 cup raisins 1 tbsp almond butter 1 tbsp agave Cinnamon (to taste) Boil one cup of water and combine with bran, berries, and raisins. Mix in seeds and cinnamon. Add agave and almond butter. (You can add a little more water if it seems too thick.) By Ronda Rousey Tbsp Breakfast Bowl Plan Boil

I have to be out there to sell these fights; it's not because I really enjoy getting made up and going to work every day. It's cool, it's an awesome job, but it's still a job. I'm doing it because it helps me make a living and not because I'm so extremely vain that I want to see my face everywhere. By Ronda Rousey Fights Day Job Sell Enjoy

I had to learn to take my time in MMA, and I was just able to keep a clear head. By Ronda Rousey Mma Head Learn Time Clear

I like to be part of the change I want to see in the world. Not being afraid of criticism is actually a big advantage. By Ronda Rousey World Part Change Advantage Afraid

I grew up with a lot of body image issues - not just about my weight, but I would always see these perfect orb, domed boobs on television, and think, "Mine don't look like that." I thought there was something wrong with me. By Ronda Rousey Mine Issues Weight Orb Domed

I will never be OK with losing, but losing in the wrong way, losing with regret, can take your pride away. I've never chosen to lose that way. By Ronda Rousey Losing Regret Wrong Pride Chosen

Do not accept less than what you are capable of. Never expect more than you are capable of, but never accept less either. By Ronda Rousey Capable Accept Expect

To be a fighter, you have to be passionate. I have so much passion, it's hard to hold it all in. That passion escapes as tears from my eyes, sweat from my pores, blood from my veins. By Ronda Rousey Fighter Passionate Passion Eyes Sweat

Ronda, you know why a guy in his twenties goes after sixteen-year-old girls? Because they're dumb enough to believe his bullshit. By Ronda Rousey Ronda Girls Guy Twenties Bullshit

I had a certificate that said, 'Doctor of Mixology, Harvard University,' that I actually got from Harvard University. A friend of mine was a research assistant over there and it was one of those student or university perks and she brought me in on that. So I am a doctorate from Harvard and it only took me one afternoon. By Ronda Rousey Harvard Doctor Mixology University Certificate

When women say that going on publications directed at men is somehow demeaning, I don't think that's true. I think that's one really effective way to change the societal standard women are held to. By Ronda Rousey Demeaning True Women Publications Directed

If you're fighting with emotion instead of structure ... it's always going to be a mistake. By Ronda Rousey Structure Fighting Emotion Mistake

My father would say, 'Ronnie, you're going to be someone special. Whatever it is that you want to do, you're going to be the best in the world at it.' By Ronda Rousey Ronnie Special Father World

I'm scared of failure so much more than any of the other girls I compete against that I work so much harder than they possibly could. I'm totally down with spiders and frogs and heights and snakes - everything; I'm cool with it. By Ronda Rousey Scared Failure Girls Compete Work

It's your purpose to leave the world better than how you found it. By Ronda Rousey Purpose Leave World Found

For me, MMA is like speed chess. It's like I'm herding a person into a certain position. Say my endgame is an arm bar. I'm not gonna actually take you and put you there. What I'm going to do is convince you that it's a good idea to move in the direction I want you to go. By Ronda Rousey Mma Chess Speed Position Herding

I go mainly by the Dolce diet. It is a little hard to describe: it's not really a diet but more of a lifestyle. I eat throughout the day; I have three meals and two snacks, and it changes according to what I need at the time. By Ronda Rousey Dolce Diet Describe Lifestyle Hard

Success is the result of hard work, busting your ass every day for years on end without cutting corners or taking shortcuts. By Ronda Rousey Success Work Busting Shortcuts Result

At home, I watch fights and documentaries - that's it. If it's not about the birth and death of stars, 'Frozen Planet,' or someone getting punched in the face, I'm probably not watching it. By Ronda Rousey Home Documentaries Watch Fights Frozen

There are so many ridiculous arguments that MMA is somehow anti-woman. By Ronda Rousey Mma Antiwoman Ridiculous Arguments

When I looked at the state of women's MMA, what I saw was that it was missing rivalries or anything theatrical about it. Everybody was trying to be Miss America, unwilling to go under any kind of criticism, and taking the safe answers. I thought I needed to do whatever I could to get attention. By Ronda Rousey Mma Looked State Women Missing

In MMA it's a lot less intimidating because it's not like you get one shot at a title every four years. You get a title shot every couple of months ... With the Olympics, you don't always have this, so there is so much more pressure involved. By Ronda Rousey Mma Years Title Shot Lot

Making a change in your life is as easy as making a decision and acting on it. That's it. By Ronda Rousey Making Change Life Easy Decision

My locker room is serious. It is quiet. No one smiles. I don't like people telling jokes in my locker room. Now is not a time to tell jokes. From the minute we leave my hotel room, do not fuck around. The time for fucking around is over. Some serious shit is about to happen. By Ronda Rousey Room Locker Jokes Time Quiet

Every chick I try to intimidate in a different way. You have to think about their personality. You have to think about what would get under that particular person's skin the most. By Ronda Rousey Chick Intimidate Personality Person Skin

That Olympic loss still eats at me. It will follow me forever. But, I'm not ashamed of how I lost. I don't wonder about what I could have done differently. I have no regrets about the match. I had to do a haymaker at the end. I made the right decision. It's just sometimes even the right decisions don't work out. By Ronda Rousey Olympic Loss Eats Forever Follow

It took a lot of time to develop a healthier relationship with food and with my weight. By Ronda Rousey Weight Lot Time Develop Healthier

Nobody's easy until after you beat them. By Ronda Rousey Easy Beat

Look at my face. Does it look like I can take a good hit? By Ronda Rousey Face Hit Good

There's no way to recover after tarnishing an undefeated record. By Ronda Rousey Record Recover Tarnishing Undefeated

I might not have had the tools at my disposal that my opponents had, but I created advantages of my own. By Ronda Rousey Tools Disposal Opponents Created Advantages

Being an athlete, you try to get protein. By Ronda Rousey Athlete Protein

A loss leads to victory, being fired leads to a dream job..I find comfort in believing that good things can grow out of tragedy. By Ronda Rousey Leads Victory Job Tragedy Loss

Whenever people call me the first female this or that, it doesn't make it more special because no one in front of me wanted the same job. I've always wanted weird stuff and enjoyed things differently than other girls. By Ronda Rousey Job Wanted People Call Female

I wasn't allowed to throw big hooks and overhand rights until I'd been striking for three years. It's so you don't rely on those things from the very beginning. If your footwork sucks, and you can only stand in one place and throw your hands all crazy while the other person is running around, you're never going to be able to hit them. By Ronda Rousey Years Allowed Big Hooks Overhand

There is no history of anything happening until it does.And then there is. By Ronda Rousey History Happening Doesand

If you can't dream big, ridiculous dreams, what's the point in dreaming at all? By Ronda Rousey Big Ridiculous Point Dreaming Dream

I never aspired to be 2nd. I was taught ... you can do whatever you want in this world, so why not be the best in the world? By Ronda Rousey World Aspired Taught

SOMEONE HAS TO BE THE BEST IN THE WORLD. WHY NOT YOU? By Ronda Rousey World

I think that Floyd Mayweather is the best boxer that's ever lived; like actual technical boxer. By Ronda Rousey Floyd Mayweather Lived Boxer Actual

It was a very bold step for Sports Illustrated, and a lot of people are taking notice. I want it to be so normal that people don't even notice anymore. By Ronda Rousey Illustrated Sports People Notice Bold

I lost a lot of judo matches because of points fighters. It was extremely frustrating for me. By Ronda Rousey Fighters Lost Lot Judo Matches

Kids don't like what they don't understand, and judo was always my social outlet. I always felt really socially awkward, and I couldn't speak very well when I was younger. When I was doing judo, it was something that I could understand and someplace where I felt that I belonged and fit in. By Ronda Rousey Kids Outlet Social Understand Judo

I grew up as an athlete doing judo, so I didn't really have a conventional, feminine body type. By Ronda Rousey Judo Conventional Feminine Type Grew

I'm the most dangerous unarmed women in the world, I've prepared my entire life to be that way. By Ronda Rousey World Dangerous Unarmed Women Prepared

I wear sunglasses almost all the time outside - not because I think I'm really, really cool, but because of the rays. By Ronda Rousey Cool Rays Wear Sunglasses Time

To be honest, in 2012, I was against both candidates, and so I just picked any third party because I thought if more people voted for third parties then they'd have to take third parties seriously. By Ronda Rousey Parties Honest Candidates Picked Party

I don't shy away from any questions. I'm not scared of any question. I'll give you an answer. A lot of people are scared of having actual opinions out there. People are so scared of criticism ... I'm not scared of people disliking me. By Ronda Rousey Scared People Questions Question Shy

When you shoot nude, you always find a way to, like, cover yourself up in a way. So you really don't feel like you're truly naked because you're still covering yourself. By Ronda Rousey Nude Cover Shoot Find Feel

People can say I am a terrible role model because I swear all the time or that I fight people. Look, I don't want little girls to have the same ambitions as me. I want them to know that it is O.K. to be ambitious. I want them to know that it is O.K. to say whatever it is that is on their mind. By Ronda Rousey People Terrible Role Model Swear

The thing that gets me up in the morning is that I'm really not ready to see someone that I know I can beat holding my belt. By Ronda Rousey Belt Thing Morning Ready Beat

You have to fight because you can't count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can't fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it. By Ronda Rousey Fight Count Fighting People Real

My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of the night. She said she wanted me to know that even if I was hurt, I was still fine. By Ronda Rousey Toe Night Injury Broken Mother

As an athlete you're taught to be selfish. When I'm training, it's usually all about me. By Ronda Rousey Selfish Athlete Taught Training

I've never had anything cold and wet touching my butthole before. That was quite the experience! By Ronda Rousey Cold Wet Touching Butthole Experience

How you feel is entirely in your mind. Your mind has nothing to do with your environment. It has nothing to do with anyone around you. It is entirely your decision. By Ronda Rousey Mind Feel Environment Decision

I'm a terrible singer, but I'm not shy about it. I'm shy about dancing. By Ronda Rousey Singer Shy Terrible Dancing

Where is women's sports prominently displayed with the men? Tennis is the only thing I can think of. By Ronda Rousey Men Women Sports Prominently Displayed

REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANY OTHER REALITY By Ronda Rousey Refuse Reality Accept

I am vulnerable; that's why I fight. By Ronda Rousey Vulnerable Fight

People say to me all the time, 'You have no fear.' I tell them, 'No, that's not true. I'm scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.' By Ronda Rousey Time People Fear Scared Person

This past Halloween girls across the country dressed up as Ronda Rousey. That's because she's an amazing, beautiful, and powerful woman. By Ronda Rousey Rousey Halloween Ronda Beautiful Past

Athletes who dope don't believe in themselves. By Ronda Rousey Athletes Dope

Acting with fear is called courage. By Ronda Rousey Acting Courage Fear Called

I fight with pizazz. It's a different sound from everyone else. It's the sound of pizazz. By Ronda Rousey Pizazz Fight Sound

I thought that I was mutant somehow. I eventually realized that I have a very natural look, and that's what God gave me, and I'm proud of it. It was kind of a way for me to get past that as well. By Ronda Rousey Thought Mutant God Eventually Realized

No one is easy until you actually beat them. By Ronda Rousey Easy Beat

A belt does nothing but hold your gi together. A belt has assigned significance, a belt is someone else saying you're good, you don't need other people saying that you're good in order to be good. By Ronda Rousey Belt Good Hold Significance Assigned

Don't focus on what you can't do. Focus on what you can. By Ronda Rousey Focus

Somehow, people act like I have no competition, but the thing is, the competition is so good that it forces me to be better than I even thought was possible. By Ronda Rousey People Competition Act Thing Good

I might make an investment and lose some money, but that's something I can recover from. By Ronda Rousey Money Make Investment Lose Recover

It is one thing to fight other people, but fighting yourself is different. If you're fighting yourself, who wins? Who loses? By Ronda Rousey People Fighting Thing Fight Wins

I'm the champion for a reason. By Ronda Rousey Reason Champion

People call me a whole lot of things, but above anything else, I'm a fighter, and it's going to be hard to accept an identity without that. By Ronda Rousey People Things Fighter Call Lot

I really think that this magazine [Sports Illustrated] is a big step in the "healthy is the new skinny" movement. By Ronda Rousey Movement Sports Illustrated Magazine Healthy

I don't think politicians should be allowed to take money for their campaigns from outside interests. By Ronda Rousey Interests Politicians Allowed Money Campaigns

The way that I like to fight is I like to paint myself into a corner and so the only way is for me to win. By Ronda Rousey Win Fight Paint Corner

Fighting is not a man thing, it's a human thing. By Ronda Rousey Thing Fighting Man Human

Boxing great Mike Tyson said "a happy fighter is a dangerous fighter." I think he's right. By Ronda Rousey Mike Tyson Boxing Fighter Great

Sports Illustrated is very serious about their covers. They'll never say, like, 'Oh you got it.' By Ronda Rousey Illustrated Sports Covers

Fighting is not a man's thing, it is a human thing. By Ronda Rousey Thing Fighting Man Human

Even if they don't know it, everyone has the instinct to survive. By Ronda Rousey Survive Instinct

I think it's hilarious if people say that my body looks masculine. By Ronda Rousey Masculine Hilarious People Body

Active patience is taking the time to set something up correctly. By Ronda Rousey Active Correctly Patience Taking Time