Ronda Rousey Quotes

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.

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

If you can't dream big, ridiculous dreams, what's the point in dreaming at all?

I am vulnerable; that's why I fight.

Once you give them the power to tell you you’re great, you’ve also given them the power to tell you you’re unworthy. Once you start caring about people’s opinions of you, you give up control.

I am not looking to escape the pressure. I am embracing it. Pressure is what builds up in the chamber behind a bullet before it explodes out of the gun.

The kind of hope I’m talking about is the belief that something good will come. That everything you’re going through and everything you’ve gone through will be worth the struggles and frustrations. The kind of hope I’m talking about is a deep belief that the world can be changed, that the impossible is possible.

Everyone wants to win. But to truly succeed - whether it is at a sport or at your job or in life - you have to be willing to do the hard work, overcome the challenges, and make the sacrifices it takes to be the best at what you do.

Success is the result of hard work, busting your ass every day for years on end without cutting corners or taking shortcuts.

Making a change in your life is as easy as making a decision and acting on it. That’s it.

One of the greatest days of my life was when I came to understand that other people’s approval and my happiness were not related.

Most people focus on the wrong thing; They focus on the result, not the process. The process is the sacrifice; it's all the hard parts - the sweat, the pain, the tears, the losses. You make the sacrifices anyway. You learn to enjoy them, or at least embrace them. In the end, it is the sacrifices that must fulfill you.

To be the best, you have to constantly be challenging yourself, raising the bar, pushing the limits of what you can do. Don't stand still, leap forward.

It is one thing to fight other people, but fighting yourself is different. If you’re fighting yourself, who wins? Who loses?

There have always been people who have written me off. They’re not going away. I use that to motivate me. I’m driven to show them just how wrong they are.

The moment you stop viewing your opponent as a threat is the moment you leave yourself open to getting beat.

People want to project their own insecurities on others, but I refuse to allow them to put that on me. Just because you don’t think that you could be the best in the world doesn’t mean that I shouldn’t have the confidence to believe I can do anything.

A sleeper just waits and when the time is right, they come out and wow everyone. That’s you, kiddo. Don’t you worry.

No one is ever going to give you anything of value. You have to work for it, sweat for it, fight for it. But there is far greater value in accomplishments you earn than in accolades that are merely given to you. When you earn something, you never have to worry about justifying that you truly deserve it.

I want her to look at me. I want her to stare me in the eye. I want her to see that I have no fear. I want her to know she stands no chance. I want her to be scared. I want her to know she is going to lose.

To be a fighter, you have to be passionate. I have so much passion, it’s hard to hold it all in. That passion escapes as tears from my eyes, sweat from my pores, blood from my veins.

Michelangelo who said, “If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn’t seem so wonderful at all.

My locker room is serious. It is quiet. No one smiles. I don’t like people telling jokes in my locker room. Now is not a time to tell jokes. From the minute we leave my hotel room, do not fuck around. The time for fucking around is over. Some serious shit is about to happen.

I might not have had the tools at my disposal that my opponents had, but I created advantages of my own.

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

Everything in the world is information. The information you choose to acknowledge and the information you choose to ignore is up to you. You can let outside factors beyond your control throw off your focus. You can let aching muscles hold you back. You can let silence make you feel uncomfortable. By choosing to focus only on the information that is necessary, you can tune out every distraction, and achieve far more.

She taught me that it is not enough to just be better than everyone else. You have to be so much better that no one can deny your superiority. You have to realize that the judges are not always going to give the win to you. You have to win so clearly that they have no choice but to declare you the winner. You have to be able to win every match twice on your worst day.

Every naked chick in the room ran toward the scale. It was just titties and passports everywhere.

Athletes who dope don't believe in themselves.

If you’re unwilling to leave someplace you’ve outgrown, you will never reach your full potential. To be the best, you have to constantly be challenging yourself, raising the bar, pushing the limits of what you can do. Don’t stand still, leap forward.

Acting with fear is called courage.

Winning is a bitch, but revenge is a motherfucker.

Skinny girls look good in clothes. But fit chicks look good naked.

Don't be a Do Nothing Bitch

How you feel is entirely in your mind. Your mind has nothing to do with your environment. It has nothing to do with anyone around you. It is entirely your decision.

Pain is just a piece of information.

Active patience is taking the time to set something up correctly.

This past Halloween girls across the country dressed up as Ronda Rousey. That’s because she’s an amazing, beautiful, and powerful woman.

After thirteen years, the American flag that had been placed on Dad’s coffin at his funeral had been unfurled and was fluttering in the arms of my mother. My dad had always believed

My punishment lasted a month. Knowing I could push through pain and succeed has lasted a lifetime. Pain was just something I became accustomed to as part of life. If you’re an athlete and want to win, something always hurts. You are always dealing with bruises and injuries. You’re testing how far you can push the human body, and whoever pushes it the furthest wins.

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?

When you and everyone around you are immersed in one small community, it is easy to mistake it for the whole world. But once you break away, you realize that no one outside your tiny circle gives a shit about the stupid stuff that was at the center of your little world. When you understand that, you discover there is a much bigger, better world out there.

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.

Say you’re sitting in a cubicle and you hate your job. It’s terrible. Everyone around you is an asshole. Your boss is a dick. All of your work is just mind-numbingly soul-sucking. But in five minutes you are about to leave for your first vacation you’ve had in five years. You’re going to be gone for two weeks at this beautiful Bora Bora seaside bungalow. It’s literally the most lavish thing you’ve ever done in your entire life. How would you feel? You would feel great. Now imagine that you are in Bora Bora. You’re on this beautiful beach with amazing people, and you’ve had so much fun. In five minutes, you’re going to have to put down the piña colada with the little umbrella in it. You have to say goodbye to these people. You will go back to your terrible job and won’t take another vacation for another five years. How would you feel? You would feel terrible. Now, think about it. You’re sitting in the cubicle at the job that you hate and you feel awesome. And you’re sitting on the beach with a drink in your hand and you feel terrible. How you feel is entirely in your mind. Your mind has nothing to do with your environment. It has nothing to do with anyone around you. It is entirely your decision. Making a change in your life is as easy as making a decision and acting on it. That’s it.

Most people focus on the wrong thing: They focus on the result, not the process. The process is the sacrifice; it is all the hard parts—the sweat, the pain, the tears, the losses. You make the sacrifices anyway. You learn to enjoy them, or at least embrace them. In the end, it is the sacrifices that must fulfill you.

In the moments that you fall hardest—when you lose a job, or find out a boyfriend is cheating on you, or realize that you made a bad financial decision—you can channel your shame, your anger, your desire, your loss. You can learn, take chances, change course. You can choose to become so successful that no one can ever put you in a situation like that again.

REFUSE TO ACCEPT ANY OTHER REALITY

To win, you have to be willing to die.

Making a change in your life is as easy as making a decision and action on it. That's it.

Making a change in your life is as easy as making a decision and acting on it. That's it.

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

Boxing great Mike Tyson said “a happy fighter is a dangerous fighter.” I think he’s right.

If you ever wanna be motivated, go try and be homeless for a day and that will just light a fire under your butt like none other.

Don’t focus on what you can’t do. Focus on what you can.

You have to fight the people who say it can never be done. You have to fight the institutions that put up the glass ceilings that must be shattered. You have to fight your body when it tells you it is tired. You have to fight your mind when doubt begins to creep in. You have to fight systems that are in place to disrupt you and obstacles that are put in place to discourage you. 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.

The moment you stop viewing your opponent as a threat is the moment you leave yourself open to getting beat. You start thinking you don’t have to train as hard. You cut corners. You get comfortable. You get caught.

There were times when I knew that I was in a terrible situation, but I also knew that it wouldn't last forever. Those are the moments when you have to remind yourself that this experience is a defining moment in your life, but you are not defined by it.

When it comes to fighting, physical strength really has very little to do with it. One of the tenets that judo is founded upon is “Maximum efficiency, minimum effort.” That has really defined my career. It is the foundation of all the techniques and everything I do. It’s one reason why I don’t get tired. It’s one reason why I am able to fight girls who are a head taller than me, or chicks who are on steroids. People who cheat or dope lack the one thing every true champion must have: belief. No drug or amount of money or favoritism can ever give you belief in yourself.

After I moved back home, I started seeing a guy named Bob. (His name wasn't really Bob, but my mom calls all of her daughter's boyfriends Bob. The only way a guy gets called by his real name is to marry into the family. 'Why waste time learning his name if he's not going to be sticking around?' she says.)

I lost my second judo tournament. I finished second, losing to a girl named Anastasia. Afterward, her coach congratulated me. "You did a great job. Don't feel bad, Anastasia is a junior national champion." I felt consoled for about a second, until I noticed the look of disgust on Mom's face. I nodded at the coach and walked away. Once we were out of earshot she lit into me. "I hope you know better than to believe what he said. You could have won that match. You had every chance to beat that girl. The fact that she is a junior national champion doesn't mean anything. That's why they have tournaments, so you can see who is better. They don't award medals based on what you won before. If you did your absolute best, if you were capable of doing nothing more, then that's enough. Then you can be content with the outcome. But if you could have done better, if you could have done more, then you should be disappointed. You should be upset you didn't win. You should go home and think about what you could have done differently and then next time do it differently. Don't you ever let anyone tell you that not doing your absolute best is good enough. You are a skinny blonde girl who lives by the beach, and unless you absolutely force them to, no one is ever going to expect anything from you in this sport. You prove them wrong.

Life is a fight from the minute you take your first breath to the moment you exhale your last. You have to fight the people who say it can never be done. You have to fight the institutions that put up the glass ceilings that must be shattered. You have to fight your body when it tells you it is tired. You have to fight your mind when doubt begins to creep in. You have to fight systems that are put in place to disrupt you and obstacles that are put in place to discourage you. 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 love the idea of winning an Olympic medal or a world title. But what few people realize is that pretty much every second leading up to the actual win is uncomfortable, painful, and impossibly daunting—physically and mentally. Most people focus on the wrong thing: They focus on the result, not the process. The process is the sacrifice; it is all the hard parts—the sweat, the pain, the tears, the losses. You make the sacrifices anyway. You learn to enjoy them, or at least embrace them.

Life is a fight from the minute you take your first breath to the moment you exhale your last. You have to fight the people who say it can never be done. You have to fight the institutions that put up the glass ceilings that must be shattered. You have to fight your body when it tells you it is tired. You have to fight your mind when doubt begins to creep in. You have to fight systems that are put in place to disrupt you and obstacles that are put in place to discourage you. 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.

Aristotle said, “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then is not an act, but a habit.” Winning is a habit, and so is losing.

BREAKFAST BOWL (FROM MY MIKE DOLCE MEAL PLAN) 2 tbsp oat bran (dry measure) 2 tbsp chia seeds 2 tbsp hemp seeds 1/2 cup blueberries 4 chopped strawberries 1/4 cup raisins 1 tbsp almond butter 1 tbsp agave Cinnamon (to taste) Boil one cup of water and combine with bran, berries, and raisins. Mix in seeds and cinnamon. Add agave and almond butter. (You can add a little more water if it seems too thick.)

BREAKFAST

Know when to explode and know when to relax

Do not accept less than what you are capable of. Never expect more than you are capable of, but never accept less either.

IF IT WAS EASY, EVERYONE WOULD DO IT People

Frontrunners are a dime a dozen. It’s easy to stay in the game when you’re winning. What sets the special fighters apart is the ability to battle beyond your greatest losses and adversities.” By

drinks for the crowd.

It’s just sometimes even the right decisions don’t work out.

I needed to go beyond what anyone else thought was reasonable and then go beyond that. Every day I did that, I moved one day closer to achieving my goal. At

SOMEONE HAS TO BE THE BEST IN THE WORLD. WHY NOT YOU?

If you go in with your excuses already laid out for you, it’s hard to shake that mindset when “later” finally comes.

Some lessons have to be experienced to be understood.

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

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

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.

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

Anything of Value Has to Be Earned.

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

Boxing great Mike Tyson said “a happy fighter is a dangerous fighter.” I think he’s right. I’m happier—and more dangerous—now than I’ve ever been.

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

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

People are always looking for teh secret to success. There isn't a secret. Success is the result of hard work, busting your ass every day for years on end without cutting corner or taking shortcuts. It was Michelangelo who said, "If people knew how hard I worked to get my mastery, it wouldn't seem so wonderful at all." It is not hard to figure out what goes into being successful, but it's also not easy to do.

If you're unwilling to leave someplace you've outgrown, you will never reach your full potential. To be the best, you have to constantly be challenging yourself, raising the bar, pushing the limits of what you can do. Don't stand still, lead forward.

Everyone wants to win. But to truly succeed- whether it is at a sport or at your job or in your life- you have to be willing to do the hard work, overcome the challenges, and male the sacrifices it takes to be the best at what you do.

There were times when I knew that I was in a terrible situation, but I also knew that it wouldn't las forever. Those are the moments when you have to remind yourself that this experience is a defining moment in your life, but you are not defined by it.

I never would have been able to do any of those things without hope. The kind of hope I'm talking about is the belief that something good will come. That everything you're going through and everything you've gone through will be worth the struggles of frustrations. The kind of hope I'm talking about is a deep belief that the world can be changed, that the impossible is possible. (p.14)

I made the right decision. It's just sometimes even the right decisions don't work out.

By making the first move, I control the first action, which causes all the reactions.

Losing is a bitch, but revenge is a motherfucker.

I used to say all the time, "Changing things is not that easy." But it is just as easy as making up your mind. You can always make a decision. And if that decision doesn't work, you can make another decision.

It's pen thing to fight other people, but fighting yourself is different. IF you're fighting yourself, who wins? Who loses?

Loss leads to victory. Being fired leads to a dream job. Death leads to a birth. I find comfort in believing that good things can grow out of tragedy.

People told me it would never happen. They told me I was insane. But you can't let other people affect your belief in yourself. People are going to tell you to be logical and to be reasonable. They're going to say that because not one else has ever done something, that it can't be done. You have to be crazy enough to believe that you are the one person in the history of the world who can create that change or accomplish that dream. Many people are going to doubt you and tell you reasons why you can't and why you shouldn't. you can choose to accept them or reject them.

Confidence is silent. Insecurities are loud.

They’re going to say that because no one else has ever done something, that it can’t be done. You have to be crazy enough to believe that you are the one person in the history of the world who can create that change or accomplish that dream.

Expect that they will have their eyes open, ready to take advantage of any mistakes that you make.