There was a long time I had no job security, no options and no education.

I'm the most dangerous unarmed women in the world, I've prepared my entire life to be that way.

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.

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.

I train to be the best in the world on my worst day

The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue really sets the social standard for what people expect the perfect woman's body to look like, and a lot of those bodies usually look the same.

Even before I was a fighter, I was a daddy's girl.