Rose Namajunas

I love to learn, and that's the really cool thing about martial arts - you're always learning new things.

My dream is to be a farmer myself, but also to provide opportunities to others who don't have the land or the resources, in order to grow food themselves and teach them how to do it.

The learning curve, and the things that you have to adapt to on a daily basis in the UFC, is pretty crazy. It's a huge burden for anybody to have: not just the fighting itself but learning how to deal with the other responsibilities.

It's pretty cool to be called a champion.

That's what I want to do when I finish fighting - build urban farms and learn how to become a farmer, because that's what I wanted to be when I was a little girl.

You just keep a positive attitude no matter what comes in your way - challenges, roadblocks - don't let it faze you, and you can overcome anything.

It's really nice to know that hard work does pay off.

Nobody's the same. So, I think that people benefit in different things than others.

Everybody's one fight away from getting a title shot if they step in on short notice for somebody.

I don't necessarily know about the rankings. I always like to look at it as, it's the person with the belt, and it's everybody else.

When I force things, it just doesn't go well.

I'm always trying to improve, and you can't ever expect anything from me. You can always just expect me to be dangerous.

I wake up every morning trying to be a new, better person and version of myself. I never try and be the same thing. So that's what's going to be hard for girls to keep up with me, because I'm always ever-evolving my style.

People are gonna go up and down and people are gonna come in and out of this sport.

There's pros and cons to everything, and I choose to look at the positives.

Sometimes when you push something or you force something too much, the progress doesn't happen the way it should.

There's a process to everything. If you fast track or make shortcuts in any way, and you get too much of one thing, you're just out of balance.

I wanna fight the best.

I respect my competition.

Every fight is personal, but with myself.