Gina Carano

“My mom used to tell me: 'It's not what you weigh; it's what you look like.'”

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

“When I throw a punch, I mean it.”

“I've had cameras on me since I started the art of fighting and I think that I'm used to having cameras on me in adrenaline-type situations.”

“I definitely don't want to be one of those athletes who turns into a cheesy actress.”

“It's a very big deal to me to remain the same person because I know all of this is going to be gone one day and I'm just going to have myself.”

“I am not a violent person. I actually don't like to hurt people.”

“Everybody is their own critic.”

“You shouldn't be greedy. You should feel good about yourself and not be greedy of what other people have.”

“I was always bigger than the other girls. My sisters are very, very beautiful and very skinny, and I've always had a more muscular body. So I grew up with a different mentality.”

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

“I wake up every morning and I surprise myself. I wake up to a new me.”

“My first fight. I fought a girl that was a little bit heavier, a little bit more experienced and I was petrified because I didn't know what I was getting myself into. And I did really well against her and nobody believed it was my first fight.”

“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.”

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

“I am always training because I love 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 think I came up in fighting in a really technical way. If you've ever seen my fights, you know I love distance, I love technique.”

“My knowledge of video games ends with Nintendo 'Mario Bros.'”

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