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" 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. "

Rose Namajunas

Fight

Focus

Happy

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Grow Up

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Crazy

Think

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" 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. "

" I wake up every morning trying to be a new, better person and version of myself. I never try and be the same thing. So that's what's going to be hard for girls to keep up with me, because I'm always ever-evolving my style. "

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Wake Up

Morning

" 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. "

" 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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" I respect my competition. "

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Competition

Respect

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

" I'm always trying to improve, and you can't ever expect anything from me. You can always just expect me to be dangerous. "

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You

Just

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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Who

Thrive

" I'm more dramatic than other people are, or I just show it more. I don't think there's anything wrong with that. I have a lot of passion. "

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Wrong

Think

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" Martial arts is about honor and respect. "

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

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

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

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Need

Belt

" I have overcome some demons in my path. "

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