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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.

Ronda Rousey

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Ronda Rousey
Age: 54
Actor
Judoka
Martial Artist
Mixed Martial Artist
Professional Wrestler
Santa Monica
California
Ronda Jean Rousey
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If I could have had everything exactly the way I wanted, this is how I would have written it down. Win all my fights in the first round, then go to the UFC and headline a show, and have it as a pay-per-view and at home. People's dreams don't come true like that.
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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.
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The confusing thing is we now live in a society where it's not illegal to be an asshole, but it's illegal to slap one.
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Look at my face. Does it look like I can take a good hit?
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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.
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Judo taught me that I am capable of anything... I can mentally push past anything and be victorious.
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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.
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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.
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No one is easy until you actually beat them.
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That's why I love fighting, because I get to have a big battle every couple months to make up for the little battles I have to forfeit every day
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I'm the most dangerous unarmed women in the world, I've prepared my entire life to be that way.
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My father would say, 'Ronnie, you're going to be someone special. Whatever it is that you want to do, you're going to be the best in the world at it.'
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The reaction has been amazing because there is no woman that could look at these covers and not be like, 'That's what I could look like,' or, 'I pretty much already look like one of these chicks.' It really makes beauty seem so much more attainable to people.
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For girls it raises your testosterone, so I try to have as much sex as possible before I fight actually. Not with like everybody, I don't put out like a Craigslist ad or anything, but if I got a steady I'm going to be like 'yo, fight time's coming up.
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My one fear is failure and that's one fear I have to face all the time. Yes, it's uncomfortable to be scared but I'm finally comfortable being uncomfortable.
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Sports Illustrated is very serious about their covers. They'll never say, like, 'Oh you got it.'
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