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" 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. "

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" Money and fame, it only makes you so happy. You gotta find other reasons to fight. I want a certain amount of money to do the things that I want to do. "

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You

Fight

Fame

" 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. "

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

" All my jabs, they're all different. I have a million different jabs. "

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Million

Different

" 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.' "

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Society

Thinking

" Your mind is just like your body. It's a muscle you can train and get better at. "

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

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

" Mixed martial arts - there's just been a lot of trash talking and things like that. People, I feel like, aren't really being true to themselves or being honest. I don't know, maybe that's what they feel they need to do to entertain things. "

" I think it's important to inspire other people to try and do things that people discourage you to do. "

" I love my 303 ladies. We go hard here, you know - we're fierce! "

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

" 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've done taekwondo striking my entire life. "

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

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

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Who

Thrive

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

" To me, fighting is special because that's what I enjoy to do. Every fight is a memory to me. "

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Enjoy

Fight

" I have overcome some demons in my path. "

" 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. "

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

" I respect my competition. "

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Competition

Respect

" 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. "

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Hope

Trust

" 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 just here to show up and fight and then get my money and go home. "

" Sometimes when you push something or you force something too much, the progress doesn't happen the way it should. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "