One thing that I learned from judo... Maximum efficiency and minimum effort. Ronda Rousey More Quotes by Ronda Rousey More Quotes From Ronda Rousey I kind of like to think of myself as the bad girl Olympian that would get kicked out of the Miss America pageant. Ronda Rousey girlamericathinking Complimenting yourself is the funnest form of manifestation. Ronda Rousey mmaformcompliment I'm going to retire undefeated. I'll take everybody out one-by-one then go on my merry way Ronda Rousey undefeatedgoes-onway Whenever people call me the first female this or that, it doesn't make it more special because no one in front of me wanted the same job. I've always wanted weird stuff and enjoyed things differently than other girls. Ronda Rousey girljobspeople Being an athlete, you try to get protein. Ronda Rousey proteinathletetrying Look at my face. Does it look like I can take a good hit? Ronda Rousey facesdoelooks For girls it raises your testosterone, so I try to have as much sex as possible before I fight. Ronda Rousey girlfightingsex I think that Floyd Mayweather is the best boxer that's ever lived; like actual technical boxer. Ronda Rousey mmaboxersthinking 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. Ronda Rousey hurtmotherrunning I'm going to beat Alexis Davis then take a nap Ronda Rousey alexisbeatsnaps As an athlete you're taught to be selfish. When I'm training, it's usually all about me. Ronda Rousey trainingselfishathlete 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. Ronda Rousey afternoondoctorsresearch I grew up with a lot of body image issues - not just about my weight, but I would always see these perfect orb, domed boobs on television, and think, "Mine don't look like that." I thought there was something wrong with me. Ronda Rousey issuesperfectthinking When you're doing something like body paint or a nude shoot, you're making yourself very vulnerable, and you're really trusting people to really take care of you and make sure everything is very professional. Ronda Rousey carebodypeople There have been times in my adolescence where I gave up. I was like, 'I'm just never going to be pretty. I'm never going to be like one of those people on the front of magazines.' It always seemed really strange to me that the projection of how people are in advertisements looked nothing like the people who were actually buying them. You know what I mean? I never understood that mismatch, and now I really start to see that the people you see in the media are a lot more like people actually are. Ronda Rousey mediameanpeople Sports Illustrated is very serious about their covers. They'll never say, like, 'Oh you got it.' Ronda Rousey sports-illustratedserioussports Even though I was painted, even though I had on seven layers of paint - to the point that I got a tan, it was as thick as a fabric - I think I felt the most naked because I couldn't cover myself at all. I didn't have to, so I had to be much more open and relaxed. Ronda Rousey fabricnakedthinking When you shoot nude, you always find a way to, like, cover yourself up in a way. So you really don't feel like you're truly naked because you're still covering yourself. Ronda Rousey coveringnakedover-you After I did the swimsuit issuе, I knew that I wanted to do it again. Ronda Rousey swimsuitswanted I'm not a full model like those other girls. Mostly I was surprised that I could hang. Ronda Rousey other-girlmodelsgirl
