I Never Aspired To Be 2nd. I

Look At My Face. Does It Look Like I Can Take A Good Hit?

There Have Been Times In My Adolescence Where I Gave Up. I Was Like, 'i'm Just Never Going To Be Pretty. I'm Never Going To Be Like One Of Those People On The Front Of Magazines.' It Always Seemed Really Strange To Me That The Projection Of How People Are In Advertisements Looked Nothing Like The People Who Were Actually Buying Them. You Know What I Mean? I Never Understood That Mismatch, And Now I Really Start To See That The People You See In The Media Are A Lot More Like People Actually Are.

Do I Ever Get Tired Of Being The First Female Everything? Not Really, I Just Happened To Be In A Position Where The Job That I Wanted Was Not Really There For Me. I Had To Create An Opportunity Instead Of Waiting For An Opportunity.

My First Injury Ever Was A Broken Toe, And My Mother Made Me Run Laps Around The Mat For The Rest Of The Night. She Said She Wanted Me To Know That Even If I Was Hurt, I Was Still Fine.

That's Why I Love Fighting, Because I Get To Have A Big Battle Every Couple Months To Make Up For The Little Battles I Have To Forfeit Every Day