You just keep a positive attitude no matter what comes in your way - challenges, roadblocks - don't let it faze you, and you can overcome anything.

All the scars on my body, all the bumps and bruises, all the muscles - that is a story of everything I have done. And it's not just my story. My ancestors who came before me gave me this vessel to sculpt and mold.

2016 was really challenging for me. I don't know what it was.

I'm successful every day because I look in the mirror, and I'm happy with who I am.

I've always felt that I was a star. I always knew that I am a star.

It takes a lot of courage in that cage no matter who you are.

I don't think anybody is perfect.

I didn't need the belt to validate me.

I think that I can speak in front of the camera. I think my fighting ability can speak for itself as well.

There's pros and cons to everything, and I choose to look at the positives.

I'm the all-around threat. I've got the look; I think I've got the whole package.

I think there's a lot of mental instability in this whole country.

We're not just fighters, we're entertainers.

Me being the best in the world, it doesn't mean that much to me if I'm not a good person at the end of the day, if I'm not setting a good example for other people to be better to each other.

In order to survive, I created a certain type of aura about myself that I was the baddest chick walking down the street. Anytime somebody underestimates me, Thug Rose comes out.

I'm just here to show up and fight and then get my money and go home.

I just wish there were a little more peace in the world.

We need the villain sometimes. It makes for an interesting story.

I had to really create a positive atmosphere for myself, and that has to come from within.

I want to encourage people to be nicer to each other, to be nicer to themselves.

I'm glad I went through the 'TUF' experience.

My hands look like my dad's and my mom's put together. She's a piano player, he was an artist, and I use the creative qualities I got from them in my fighting. But I don't just destroy with my hands; I also create: I cook and make art and garden.

I grew up with lots of anger, frustration, and violence in my heart.

I've always been like, if society's trying to push me in one direction, I always rebel against it, thinking, 'Nope, I'm going to do the opposite, something that is not expected.'

I used to fight with hate. There's been a lot of aggression in my past growing up and stuff. That's because I was hurt myself.

I guess I'm crazy. If everything was easy-peasy and green lights all the time, it'd be kind of boring.

Every fight is dangerous, no matter who you're fighting, no matter what the story behind it is.

I thrive on chaos and difficult situations. I guess that's who I am.

I'm just a very impatient person. It's always something that I'm working on, and just staying interested in the fight game is the biggest challenge for me. As long as I'm interested and I have an incentive to stay interested, then I'm unbeatable.

From my perspective, if I say that I'm done, I would hope - and I trust - that my corner would throw in the towel for me.

It's all about me, no matter who I'm fighting.

I love spoiling a party. I love it when someone is on a roll and just messin' that up.

There's a lot around us that we can't control, but my body, my mind, and my soul are pretty much the only things that I can.

I'm like a tree. My leaves might change color, but my roots are the same.

I learned that love is a much more sustainable energy to draw on than hate.

All I can control is myself and just keep having a positive attitude.

That Dutch style of kickboxing, that's great. That's hard. It's very intimidating to stand across from, but you know it's very rhythmic on the beat. It's just something: It looks scary, but it's nothing to be scared of.

I have overcome some demons in my path.

You just keep a positive attitude no matter what comes in your way - challenges, roadblocks - don't let it faze you, and you can overcome anything.

Oh, man - I don't have just one favorite fighter, but I draw from many different aspects of each fighter. But I will say, just going back in the history of the UFC, just kind of trying to learn from each fighter, I've been looking at Brock Lesnar, all the things he did for the UFC back in the day, and his attitude and things like that.

All the scars on my body, all the bumps and bruises, all the muscles - that is a story of everything I have done. And it's not just my story. My ancestors who came before me gave me this vessel to sculpt and mold.

It's hard to focus on a fight when your heart is broken and you're not happy in your relationship, especially if that's your coach. That's like fighting without one leg.

I'm successful every day because I look in the mirror, and I'm happy with who I am.

There's a process to everything. If you fast track or make shortcuts in any way, and you get too much of one thing, you're just out of balance.

It takes a lot of courage in that cage no matter who you are.

There are so many variables that go into a fight, you shouldn't waste your time worrying about the other fighters.

I didn't need the belt to validate me.

When they asked us what we wanted to be when we grow up, in kindergarten, I always said I wanted to be a farmer.

There's pros and cons to everything, and I choose to look at the positives.

I think there's a lot of mental instability in this whole country.