Quotes from Amanda Nunes

I say things directly and to the point because I don't know anything else.

If you want to promote me, promote me.

I proved it. I'm the best - I proved it.

I'm very anxious. If you're going to fight the best fighters, you have to be prepared for a war, a highly-anticipated fight.

I want to see Ronda coming back, her finishing her career with a win. Every athlete deserves that.

I know the girls can't take my punches.

I represent Brazil with the flag and the belt.

My mother used to box, and I followed her footsteps into training. She loves fighting.

I held so much in during the weeks prior to my fight with Ronda. I might have said or posted some things at the time that I now realize was not the right thing to do.

I'm going to do what I want, get my money and go home.

I respect my opponents, I learned that from life. I used to think I would step in there, throw one punch and the other girl would go down and not get up again. Everytime I thought that, I lost.

Fighting in a heavier weight class is a big achievement on its own.

Cyborg is way heavier, way bigger than me.

I became the first Brazilian women to win a UFC title. That is huge.

When I'm training, I come to the gym twice a day and sometimes three times. My coach and I make our schedule: wrestle in the morning, strike and conditioning, jujitsu later. And we mix it up as well. I always move everything around. I don't keep everything the same every day.

Every time I touched Ronda, connected a punch, I wanted more and more. That's why the fight was so fast. Every time I connected, I felt that she couldn't take it, so I threw more and only stopped when it was over. But it was good.

I don't have anything personal against Valentina, but I think she changed a lot, her personality. In one interview, she says something and the other one she goes completely the other way.

I always trained with men, and always had to use all my power and strength to win in the gym. When I tapped men in training, I thought if I finished a man, the fight will be easy. But that's not how it works and not how I should think. A fight is completely different, and that became an issue.

You need to be very critical of yourself because MMA is a singular sport. You have to make the changes yourself or nothing will change. You have to be the one making the changes.

I don't like to do a lot of interviews.

Honestly, I don't like trash talk, because we gonna fight anyways, right? We don't need to trash talk.

I started my career with a loss, getting 'slapped' by life.

I'm gonna knock people out.

You can have your dream come true and be gay at the same time. This is not supposed to be a big deal. If the world thinks like that, one day it's gonna be a better place.