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.
I've never had anything cold and wet touching my butthole before. That was quite the experience!
There was a long time I had no job security, no options and no education.
Even before I was a fighter, I was a daddy's girl.
It was a very bold step for Sports Illustrated, and a lot of people are taking notice. I want it to be so normal that people don't even notice anymore.
We were in the middle of a sandbar in the middle of the ocean with no one around, and still someone was following me from New York, and was hiding in some bushes like a mile away with a long lens, so he still got pictures. It was really an eye opener to how you really have to be careful about being followed everywhere. I was trying to go to the most remote place in the world, I was out on a sandbar in the middle of the ocean, and they still found me. It was definitely a very new experience.
I knew that I liked what I was doing, that it was what I wanted to do for a living, and that the profession didn't really exist so much. So I had to create it.?
The way that I like to fight is I like to paint myself into a corner and so the only way is for me to win.
Look at my face. Does it look like I can take a good hit?
At home, I watch fights and documentaries - that's it. If it's not about the birth and death of stars, 'Frozen Planet,' or someone getting punched in the face, I'm probably not watching it.
The whole 'bad girl' thing allows me to mess up sometimes. And I have freedom to say more of what I want to.
I kind of like to think of myself as the bad girl Olympian that would get kicked out of the Miss America pageant.
The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue really sets the social standard for what people expect the perfect woman's body to look like, and a lot of those bodies usually look the same.
Complimenting yourself is the funnest form of manifestation.
I'm going to retire undefeated. I'll take everybody out one-by-one then go on my merry way
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.
Being an athlete, you try to get protein.
I think that Floyd Mayweather is the best boxer that's ever lived; like actual technical boxer.
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.
I'm going to beat Alexis Davis then take a nap
As an athlete you're taught to be selfish. When I'm training, it's usually all about me.
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.
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.
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.
After I did the swimsuit issuе, I knew that I wanted to do it again.
