I was kind of a loner growing up.

I was kind of a loner growing up.

It's great that mixed martial arts allows people to still be in touch with their animal side and duke it out in a cage, but I think it's important: we're still nurturing beings, and we should still have compassion for each other.

It's great that mixed martial arts allows people to still be in touch with their animal side and duke it out in a cage, but I think it's important: we're still nurturing beings, and we should still have compassion for each other.

I want to be the most influential champion, in a positive light. I want to change the world.

I want to be the most influential champion, in a positive light. I want to change the world.

A big misconception is that women shouldn't be in the UFC because we fight 'like girls,' but I think women have some of the most exciting fights.

A big misconception is that women shouldn't be in the UFC because we fight 'like girls,' but I think women have some of the most exciting fights.

Wrestling and kickboxing, like martial arts, combine a handful of skills. They're really an art form.

Wrestling and kickboxing, like martial arts, combine a handful of skills. They're really an art form.

My dream is to be a farmer myself, but also to provide opportunities to others who don't have the land or the resources, in order to grow food themselves and teach them how to do it.

My dream is to be a farmer myself, but also to provide opportunities to others who don't have the land or the resources, in order to grow food themselves and teach them how to do it.

That's what I want to do when I finish fighting - build urban farms and learn how to become a farmer, because that's what I wanted to be when I was a little girl.

That's what I want to do when I finish fighting - build urban farms and learn how to become a farmer, because that's what I wanted to be when I was a little girl.

It's really nice to know that hard work does pay off.

It's really nice to know that hard work does pay off.

Nobody's the same. So, I think that people benefit in different things than others.

Nobody's the same. So, I think that people benefit in different things than others.

Everybody's one fight away from getting a title shot if they step in on short notice for somebody.

Everybody's one fight away from getting a title shot if they step in on short notice for somebody.

I don't necessarily know about the rankings. I always like to look at it as, it's the person with the belt, and it's everybody else.

I don't necessarily know about the rankings. I always like to look at it as, it's the person with the belt, and it's everybody else.

When I force things, it just doesn't go well.

When I force things, it just doesn't go well.