Shayna Baszler

“Waving the banner of my coaches is a heavy flag to wield, so it's something I take very serious.”

“Because I've been around the MMA block a little bit, I'm at a point now where I just want bodies to beat up. I'm past the point in my career where I'm picking and choosing.”

“In MMA, there isn't time to admire your work until it's all over with. In sports-entertainment, I can admire what I'm doing while it's happening.”

“I have known, for me, that my fight in 'The Ultimate Fighter' can't be the way I went out.”

“I have always had a desire to prove people that looked past me wrong, whether it was because I was a female trying to wrestle or fight in MMA or because I grew up on the wrong side of town.”

“It's weird how America works. Healthy food costs way more than crap.”

“It's not like I'm training every day by doing an avalanche suplex off the top turnbuckle.”

“WWE is something I've had my eye on.”

“I've played basketball, and I've stood at the free-throw line with a tie game and 0.2 seconds left. But there is no feeling in the world like being in that ring when they close it up and ask, 'Are you ready?'”

“I'm looking forward to getting out there and twisting limbs off and breaking bodies.”

“Training with Billy Robinson is just like any martial artist who would go to the old master of the art. He's so knowledgeable.”

“Don't talk to me about how I haven't done anything to prove myself. I'm not worth anything. Like, seriously, do your history first, then come up with something smarter than things that are blatantly not true.”

“In sports entertainment, you can take your time and digest what's going on along with the audience.”

“I'm being more physical and aggressive while, at the same time, I'm not being overwhelmed by strong fighters like Sara McMann.”

“I had a little gut check, and ultimately, I grew up as far as my MMA mentality and am more mature now.”

“It's almost going to sound like a jerk thing to say, but it's so easy to manipulate the fans to love us or hate us. It's fun. It makes it really fun.”

“Look, it doesn't matter who you put in front of me or how many girls out of that locker room you want to throw at me. I'm taking them all out - and never losing this title.”

“Who says what is the right way and what isn't? That is some imagined social construct that people made up to feel okay about being average.”

“I'm a catch wrestler, so I used catch wrestling in Mixed Martial Arts.”

“Cris Cyborg is one of the best in the world, and there is no shame in losing to her.”