I'm living such a lucky and blessed life and I'm trying my best to deserve it.

Whenever people call me the first female this or that, it doesn't make it more special because no one in front of me wanted the same job. I've always wanted weird stuff and enjoyed things differently than other girls.

Where is women's sports prominently displayed with the men? Tennis is the only thing I can think of.

It was a very bold step for Sports Illustrated, and a lot of people are taking notice. I want it to be so normal that people don't even notice anymore.

We were in the middle of a sandbar in the middle of the ocean with no one around, and still someone was following me from New York, and was hiding in some bushes like a mile away with a long lens, so he still got pictures. It was really an eye opener to how you really have to be careful about being followed everywhere. I was trying to go to the most remote place in the world, I was out on a sandbar in the middle of the ocean, and they still found me. It was definitely a very new experience.

The thing that gets me up in the morning is that I’m really not ready to see someone that I know I can beat holding my belt.

That's why I love fighting, because I get to have a big battle every couple months to make up for the little battles I have to forfeit every day