Holly Holm

I'm glad people think that I can do well. I always say I would rather that be the scenario than on the other end of it saying, 'We thought she'd be real crappy.' I'll take the side that I'm on. I'll take that people think that I'm going to do well; they have faith in me and believe in me, and that makes me feel stronger.

There's days in training where everything flows and days in training where they don't. You just pray that doesn't happen the night of the fight.

Fighting is a very emotionally draining sport. I don't want to waste time on drama beforehand.

I started doing MMA and boxing at the same time - I always wanted to try an MMA fight to see what it was like. I had one fight, and I was hooked.

It doesn't matter what odds are on paper or what's happened before. It matters what happens that moment.

When I don't have a fight scheduled, training is even more fun. I can come into the gym and work on stuff that isn't generated for a specific game plan. I can just play around with it and have a good time. I never want to get to the point where I'm sick of it.