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

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

" 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. "

" 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 feel like anything can be worked out; you just gotta talk through it as adults. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" A lot of times, my best friend was my dog. "

" Any mistakes that I make is an investment in my future. "

" 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 respect my competition. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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'm sick of all the hate and anger and stuff like that going on. "

" 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 have overcome some demons in my path. "

" 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've got Pat 'HD' Barry in my corner. "

" 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. "