I'm calm some days, sweet some days.
— Cris Cyborg
You cannot make a person want to fight.
My first opportunity in the UFC was to cut to 140 pounds. This was too tough for me, but by me going through that, it opened the door for a 145-pound division.
I think when I fight, I make it exciting. I like to excite the fans.
When you're a true fighter, you fight everyone.
When I started training, I learned a lot, you know - respect. I think you learn a lot of things, and kids should learn mixed martial arts for discipline.
I think Ronda's biggest fear was losing to me, so if we were to do it in WWE, she would have to win. I don't have such a big ego, but if we were to put on a show for the fans, something like that, no problem.
Nothing is impossible for God.
Man, I got to say I love my haters because they challenge myself... it challenges me. It challenges me to be better. It challenges me to show who I am and that I deserve to be who I am.
I always live my life for God.
I'm known worldwide for my talent and my team, Chute Boxe.
I think if you are champ, you shouldn't choose your opponents.
I never choose my opponents, but I think the biggest fight that everybody wants to watch, the fans want to watch, is me and Ronda.
I'm a two-time world champion in jiu-jitsu. I can try to submit you.
I fight the same as a man. I train the same as a man. I think this is different from other girls.
I never say bad things about my opponent.
A champion must be ready at all times.
I was a very good athlete: actually professional in the sport of handball.
I cannot make 135 pounds healthily.
I think when you call someone out, you have to be ready.
I think everyone has something special. I respect all my opponents. I've learned something from all my fights.
Imagine Chael Sonnen walking into Chute Boxe and training with Wanderlei Silva, Anderson Silva, or any of the coaches. Do you think they would have let him train after all the things he said about Brazil? No. They would have defended Brazil's honor.
As a World Champion, it is important that you face the #1 contender. That is what makes it sport and not entertainment; otherwise, what are the girls fighting at 145 lbs. training to work towards if they know they will never be given a title shot, even if they become the best in the world?
If my boss and my company loves working with me, we're gonna have a lot of success together.
Gina Carano is a great athlete, and I'd be happy if she returns to MMA - doesn't matter if it's against Ronda.
I think God wants the best for me.
In God I trust, so I'm kept going and kept training to follow my dream.
Holly Holm was a boxer for a long time, and Leslie Smith comes from muay thai. It's different. Holly is more defensive, while Leslie comes forward.
If you hold the belt, you have to fight anybody.
I respect all my opponents.
I think each fight is a challenge for me.
I like training hard. I like to punch the face. I like getting punched in the face.
I like to fight where people respect me.
My job is fighting.
I train year-round.
I never turn down fights. Anybody who follows my career knows that I accept fights.
I think, as a professional, inside the cage you can fix anything.
I don't want to talk trash about somebody: I want to prove it inside the cage.
In reality, we can only talk about things that we already overcame in our minds.
If Amanda Nunes truly wants an opportunity at the 145-lb. belt, a win against any ranked contender in that division would help establish her back in a weight class she left before fighting me.
If I don't have a division in the UFC, I'm going to go to another company like Rizin or Bellator or another organization where they have my division.
Obviously I'm going to have haters.
God has good plans for me.
I have a lot of things that people say about me on the Internet. I have bad things that I don't want to remember now. It's hard to delete.
People say what they want in interviews, but when they get a contract, they say other things.
If I can make a superfight so when I finish my career I can say, 'You remember this fight with Ronda, with Holly Holm,' something nice that I can talk about with my kids or my friends - I'm open to make superfights.
Everyone's style is different, but I have a lot of things in my game the people don't know.
I think I did a lot for my division. My division is my story.
I'm a woman, but I want to fight the same as a man.
It's no secret that the UFC doesn't promote Brazilians.
