I’m really surprised how many people knew me as Gina Carano. MMA has a beautiful fan base.

Well you know, I have the utmost respect for people like Angelina Jolie and Zoe Saldana in ‘Colombiana. ‘

I don’t get paid what people think I get paid for fighting.

It’s a constant battle for everybody, but you need to be happy with yourself.

I like fighting because it’s honest.

The guys I date always want to test my strength and wrestle around. By the end, they’re drenched in sweat.

My knowledge of video games ends with Nintendo ‘Mario Bros.’

When you dream big, you eventually attract big things.

I’m afraid of pretty much everything, but there’s something inside me that is addicted to scaring myself.

Fighting is my career, it’s what I love to do, but I am taking offers and trying to expand because the more I expand myself, the more valuable I become to promoters.

I have gotten some of the most beautiful experiences that a person can possibly ask for so I’m not at all complaining.

Fighting’s given me confidence but it’s also broken me down and kept me humble.

Fight night is all about believing in yourself, believing in what you can do, and doing it.

On ‘American Gladiators,’ I got to pummel a lot of people off a pyramid with a giant Q-tip. It was so much fun to wrestle people with no risk of getting knocked out or choked out.

A lot of people enjoyed the film ‘Haywire’ and a lot of people have mixed feelings on it but regardless, a lot of people have said really wonderful things about it being my first experience, that the fighting they absolutely enjoyed. So I think I’ve gotten a lot more fans, actually.

I know I don’t look like the skinny slender model. I know I look a little different but people like to watch me for some reason. It feels good and I’m humbled by it.

There are certain things that I always dreamed of, like fighting in the UFC. There’s just certain things that I feel like haven‘t been accomplished there. There’s such great women coming up in the sport; seems like a wonderful time to be in women’s MMA.

When I enjoy doing something, I don’t mind if it hurts.

I don’t mind answering any questions, because I’m not just a fighter. I’m a lot more than that.

Sometimes, you get portrayed the way you don’t want to be portrayed.

When you do things for the right reasons, eventually no matter how long it takes, people will take notice of it and can’t help but respect it.

Of course, fighting is not going to be as graceful as movie fighting. I don’t like it to be ugly and I don’t like it to be one big brawl or people clobbering each other.

I know I’m always rooting for the underdog in a fight, and I love to be constantly surprised.

I want people to see me for who I am and not for how someone else is trying to promote me.

There’s nothing that can teach you more than experience.