It's not the black belt that you wear on your waist. It's the black belt in your heart and knowing that you can go out there and you can do it. That's what a true black belt is.

You had women's kickboxing and they're in the ring and that's what I want to do. I just wanted to fight.

Through Biblical times, there have been great women warriors and now the sport is so populated that these are the women warriors that we have today in boxing, kickboxing, and MMA.

I always wanted to box.

I am a woman and I don't have the power and the strength of a man, so I have to use my technique and my strategy more than just using brute strength like some of the guys do.

Fighters before a fight, they shouldn't get riled up.

The belts to me, they don't really mean much to be honest. It's the people who I fought and me going out there competing and fighting.

Belts are immaterial. What's material to me is who have you fought, how many rounds have you fought, how many fights have you fought.

It takes a lot when you are a professional fighter to stay in top condition. You have to sacrifice a lot and I did.

Either get on the boat or get off the boat.

I feel that when you are a world champion, your title has to be taken away from you.

A poet is an artist that paints pictures by mixing thought, imagination, and emotion with words.

You are amazing, " she said. "And you make a very handsome elephant.

If two irreconcilable elements are struggling with each other, the solution lies in force. There has never been any other solution in history, and there never will be.

My mother once said "If you don't pay attention to age, then it won't pay attention to you." And she says it, and it sounds nice, but I don't buy it.

Gaia spins on, silently contemplating what it means to be born into a sarcastic universe.

When a wise man does not understand, he says: "I do not understand." The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.

I don't think that the United States are ready for a presidency as the one of Obama, at least because he would be the first black president.

In every operation there is an above the line and a below the line. Above the line is what you do by the book. Below the line is how you do the job.

How others judge me is none of my business.

The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.