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

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

" Fighting helped me learn that I can't let my emotions take over. "

" I live in a very nice neighborhood. There's nothing that really goes on around here. "

" If I'm not fighting for a good reason, then your personal life starts to get messy, and it's like, 'What am I doing this for?' "

" 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. "

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

" I think we have a great opportunity as fighters and athletes to be good role models. I'm by no means perfect, but I think we can try. "

" My dad died, and he wasn't in my life because he had schizophrenia, so it's been something that my entire family has been fighting against since I can remember. "

" All I can do is make sure I show up to fight, and then they have no choice but to pay me. "

" I come from a place of lots of turmoil. "

" I've done taekwondo striking my entire life. "

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

" The learning curve, and the things that you have to adapt to on a daily basis in the UFC, is pretty crazy. It's a huge burden for anybody to have: not just the fighting itself but learning how to deal with the other responsibilities. "

" I love to learn, and that's the really cool thing about martial arts - you're always learning new things. "

" Always try to reinvent myself; never try to stay the same person, because that's how people figure you out. "

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

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

" I didn't need the belt to validate me. "

" When you want to be a fighter, you have to give it everything you got. MMA just became who I am because of the amount of work I was putting into my training. It all starts in the gym. The hours turn into days, days into weeks, and weeks into months; it's like school - the more time you spend learning, the better you'll be prepared for a test. "

" I definitely get down on myself. I needed to work on my self-talk. The same way you do footwork drills and cardio training, I had to do self-talk training. "

" I have overcome some demons in my path. "

" 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 feel like we have a duty as fighters to try and be a better example. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "