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Mixed Martial Artist

Ronda Rousey, born on February 1, 1987, is a renowned mixed martial artist from the United States. Known for her strong will and exceptional fighting skills, she was the first female UFC strawweight champion. Rousey's achievements in MMA not only made her a landmark figure in the sport but also brought her to the forefront of global sports.

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“My relentlessness earned me respect. I was someone that other girls wanted to go up against because they knew I would challenge them.”

Respect Challenge Relentless Earn

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“Proud of the work I’ve done and savoring the hours of rest I’ve earned.”

Work Proud Rest Earn Savor

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“Her family means a lot to her and being a stepmom is the “greatest joy I never saw coming.”

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“Fighting is not a man thing, it's a human thing.”

Fighting Human Quote Shut Up Feminists It S Equal

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“Anything of Value Has to Be Earned.”

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“Ronda, you know why a guy in his twenties goes after sixteen-year-old girls? Because they're dumb enough to believe his bullshit.”

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“When you earn something, you never have to worry about justifying that you truly deserve it.”

Worry Deserve Justify Earn

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“Why is self confidence arrogant? Why is self-depreciation considered modesty? I worked my ass off to be able to have a high opinion of myself. It took a long time and many, many years, and I’m never going to tell – let anyone tell me that I should think less of myself.”

Inspirational Self Motivational Feminism Confidence Feminist

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“I walked toward the only thing that mattered: the embrace of my family.”

Matter Family Embrace

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“As I walk away, through the crowd with my arms around my family, back into the tunnel, after all of these fights, the feeling is always the same. There is a sense of accomplishment. There is a sense of fulfillment. I feel safe.”

Family Safe Accomplishment Feeling Fight Crowd Fulfill

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“I thanked my coaches, my teammates, and my family. I was sincerely grateful for everything they had done to get me to this moment.”

Family Grateful Moment Teammate Coach Thank

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“There is no history of anything happening until it does. And then there is.”

Inspirational Bravery Fight Biography

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“When people say, "Oh you're so cocky. You're so arrogant," I feel like they're telling me that I think too highly of myself. My question for them is: "Who are you to tell me that I need to think less of myself?”

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

Thinking Men I Can Sports He Man Tennis

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“For girls it raises your testosterone, so I try to have as much sex as possible before I fight.”

Trying Girl Fighting Sex Raises Testosterone

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

World Way Dangerous Prepared Unarmed

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“It's your purpose to leave the world better than how you found it.”

World Purpose Found Obligation Mma

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“I don't shy away from any questions. I'm not scared of any question. I'll give you an answer. A lot of people are scared of having actual opinions out there. People are so scared of criticism I'm not scared of people disliking me.”

People Giving Answers Opinion Criticism Scared Shy

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“The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to.”

Want Sometimes Whole Girl Mess Bad Girl Being Bad Girl Thing

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“The bigger my chest is, the more it gets in the way. It just creates space. It makes me much more efficient if I don't have so much in the way between me and my opponent.”

Ifs Way Space Bigger Opponents Chests Efficient

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“Look at my face. Does it look like I can take a good hit?”

Looks Doe I Can Faces

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“Being an athlete, you try to get protein.”

Trying Athlete Protein

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“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.”

Trying Kind States America Answers Attention Saws Missing Needed Safe Criticism Mma Unwilling Theatrical Rivalry Miss America

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“I had a certificate that said, 'Doctor of Mixology, Harvard University,' that I actually got from Harvard University. A friend of mine was a research assistant over there and it was one of those student or university perks and she brought me in on that. So I am a doctorate from Harvard and it only took me one afternoon.”

Said Students Mines Research Doctors University Afternoon Harvard Assistants Perks Certificates Doctorates Harvard University

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“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.”

Want Persons Ideas Moving Certain Position Arms Speed Chess Bars Convince Mma Good Ideas I Want You Endgame

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“I respect Georges St. Pierre as a businessman and an athlete. I don't have anything against him personally. But he's not the kind of fighter I like watching.”

Kind Athlete Fighter Businessman

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“If there's a camera on me or off me, it's roughly the same, just a lot less energy.”

Ifs Energy Cameras

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“The Olympics is a once-in-a-lifetime thing. I was lucky enough to go twice, but most people only get one chance. And in judo you can train your whole life and it’ll come down to a split second: You can lose everything or win anything.”

People Enough Whole Winning Loses Chance Lucky Train Lifetime Whole Life Splits Olympics Judo One Chance Once In A Lifetime

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“Reality TV is set up to make people entertaining. A good person with values and principles is not good television.”

People Persons Reality Values Principles Television Tvs Entertaining Good Person Reality Tv

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“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.”

Years Four Like You Months Couple Involved Shots Pressure Titles Mma Four Years Olympics Intimidating

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“I think that going on any reality show is not good for your mental health because you behave differently when you are being watched, and you constantly have an extra bit of awareness of what's going on all the time.”

Thinking Shows Reality Bits Awareness Mental Health Behave Extras Reality Shows

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“My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of the night. She said she wanted me to know that even if I was hurt, I was still fine.”

Ifs Knows Firsts Made Said Stills Running Wanted Mother Night Hurt Broken Fine Injury Toes Lap I Was Hurt

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“A loss leads to victory, being fired leads to a dream job..I find comfort in believing that good things can grow out of tragedy.”

Believe Dream Jobs Grows Loss Victory Comfort Tragedy Good Things Mma Ufc Dream Job

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“Everything happens for a reason.”

Ifs Knows Reason Happens Things Happen Mma Everything Happens For A Reason Happens For A Reason

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

Effort One Thing Mma Efficiency Minimum Maximum Judo

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“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?”

World Want Can Do This World Taught Being The Best Why Not Mma Do Whatever You Want

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“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.”

Knows Want Littles Girl Ambition Okay Mma Ambitious

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

I Can Past Taught Capable Mma Judo

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“No one is easy until you actually beat them.”

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

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

Thinking Mma Boxers Mayweather Floyd Mayweather

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

Persons Scared Courageous Mma

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“Complimenting yourself is the funnest form of manifestation.”

Form Manifestation Mma Compliment

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“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.”

World Lines Worst Mom Training My Mom Being The Best Mma Worst Day

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“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.”

Thinking Needs Littles Bits Little Bit Mma Drivers Thirst Fear Of Failure

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

Ifs Fighting Emotion Mistake Structure Mma

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“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.”

Faces Comfortable Scared Uncomfortable Mma

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“Sports are a metaphor for life.”

Sports Metaphor Mma

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“You have to fight because you can't count on anyone else fighting for you. And you have to fight for people who can't fight for themselves. To get anything of real value, you have to fight for it.”

People Real Values Fighting Real Value

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“Life is a fight from the minute you take your first breath to the moment you exhale your last.”

Firsts Moments Lasts Life Is Fighting Minutes Breaths

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Born: February 1, 1987
Known for: Mixed Martial Artist
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