I'm really surprised how many people knew me as Gina Carano. MMA has a beautiful fan base.
I was destined to express myself.
My first love is MMA... it's something that I did because it made me feel good.
I'm attracted to any type of endeavor that gives me the chance to express what's going on inside me.
When you fight someone, you share the experience with that one person, and you're never going to have that experience with someone else-even in another fight.
When you dream big, you eventually attract big things.
There are certain things that I always dreamed of, like fighting in the UFC. There's just certain things that I feel like haven't been accomplished there. There's such great women coming up in the sport; seems like a wonderful time to be in women's MMA.
I love it. It's something I can do that makes everything else disappear.
I'm afraid of pretty much everything, but there's something inside me that is addicted to scaring myself.
Once you get that addiction of realizing what you can do, you want to take that to the next level.
People want to put you in the box, and you just have to fight past their preconceived notions.
It's something that I've always loved to do and it's been such a genuine expression for me.
Fighting's given me confidence but it's also broken me down and kept me humble.
When you do things for the right reasons, eventually no matter how long it takes, people will take notice of it and can't help but respect it.