There have always been people who have written me off. They're not going away. I use that to motivate me. I'm driven to show them just how wrong they are.

I try not to get caught up on how cool I am. That way nothing ever gets done. I'm always thinking about what I haven't done.

A belt does nothing but hold your gi together. A belt has assigned significance, a belt is someone else saying you're good, you don't need other people saying that you're good in order to be good.

The confusing thing is we now live in a society where it's not illegal to be an asshole, but it's illegal to slap one.

When I looked at the state of women's MMA, what I saw was that it was missing rivalries or anything theatrical about it. Everybody was trying to be Miss America, unwilling to go under any kind of criticism, and taking the safe answers. I thought I needed to do whatever I could to get attention.

Everyone wants to win. But to truly succeed - whether it is at a sport or at your job or in life - you have to be willing to do the hard work, overcome the challenges, and make the sacrifices it takes to be the best at what you do.

Some people like to call me cocky or arrogant, but I just think 'how dare you assume I should think less of myself'