It's hard to criticise a fighter when you're not in the ring doing what we do.
I got to share the Octagon with Clay Guida. I got to share the Octagon with Cub Swanson. Now I'm going to share the Octagon with Frankie Edgar. These are things that, as a fighter, you always dream of.
I consider myself a prize fighter going into a very, very tough ring called daytime TV, and I take it very seriously.
For some reason, that's the title they're giving me: ''The Ultimate Fighter' Destroyer.'
There have been many great fighters like Jake LaMotta, Roberto Duran, and Ricky Hatton. Hatton was a great inside fighter.
Roberto Duran was the kind of guy who was a true fighter and you hardly see guys like that anymore.
Well, being my type of fighter and my type of guy, you know I throw a lot of barrage of punches, kicks, knees and elbows.
Once a fighter becomes enamoured with another, to the point where they can't perform and compete, you have got problems.
But I was very disappointed that I didn't get a chance to go overseas with that group, might not have gotten back but I wanted very much to go because there's not much of a record of the exploits of the first Negro fighter group.
I'm not fanatical or in love with being an MMA fighter.
I've always been a fighter. I can get pretty feisty sometimes.
I'm a lover, not a fighter, but I'll fight if I have to.
I'm a New Yorker, and I'm a fighter.
I'm a unique fighter - one of a kind.
I used to tease Joe Louis by reminding him that I was the greatest of all time. But Joe Louis was the greatest heavyweight fighter ever.
I was a fighter pilot, flying Hurricanes all round the Mediterranean. I flew in the Western Desert of Libya, in Greece, in Syria, in Iraq and in Egypt.
People think coming in under the radar is like being a fighter pilot and actually coming in under the radar. It's a completely ridiculous idea to come in under the radar. It's the Olympics; everyone is on the radar here.
I just personally decided I was going to be the first woman fighter pilot.
Before I became a fighter pilot, everyone said that women didn't have the physical strength. Well, I had just completed the Hawaii Ironman Triathlon.
When I started at the Air Force Academy, I found out that I couldn't be a fighter pilot simply because I had ovaries. That was enough to make me go for it.