Ronda Rousey Mma Quotations

In MMA it's a lot less intimidating because it's not like you get one shot at a title every four years. You get a title shot every couple of months With the Olympics, you don't always have this, so there is so much more pressure involved.

One thing that I learned from judo... Maximum efficiency and minimum effort.

I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.

I think that Floyd Mayweather is the best boxer that's ever lived; like actual technical boxer.

My one fear is failure and that's one fear I have to face all the time. Yes, it's uncomfortable to be scared but I'm finally comfortable being uncomfortable.

Complimenting yourself is the funnest form of manifestation.

Fear of failure is always a driver but the thirst for more is a good one too... So I think you need a little bit of both.

I've coached doing judo, but I've never coached MMA. I'll have my own coach with me to help me along the way and I can't really fail with him by my side, but I'm a little nervous.

No one is easy until you actually beat them.

For me, MMA is like speed chess. It's like I'm herding a person into a certain position. Say my endgame is an arm bar. I'm not gonna actually take you and put you there. What I'm going to do is convince you that it's a good idea to move in the direction I want you to go.

I don't want little girls to have the same ambitions as me. But I want them to know that it's okay to be ambitious.

If you're fighting with emotion instead of structure... it's always going to be a mistake.

Judo taught me that I am capable of anything... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious.

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.

Everything happens for a reason... even if you don't know it.

Sports are a metaphor for life.

I never aspired to be 2nd. I was taught... you can do whatever you want in this world, so why not be the best in the world?

Don't doubt, don't stop... The only 2 things that can stop you is to stop working and start doubting.

One of my mom's best lines is... You're not training to be the best in the world, you're training to be the best in the world on your worst day.