Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Amanda Nunes

I think everything happens in a life for a reason.

Whatever steps in the cage against me, I will fight, because I have the belt, I'm No. 1 on the planet, and I want to keep staying here.

It's the moment I've been waiting for, fighting on the big cards like UFC 200.

I train at American Top Team, the biggest team in the world, and I have every type of training.

I'm gonna knock people out.

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

Miesha is a great athlete, really tough. I know that.

When people find out how strong and powerful love is, then this world will be a better place. I want to see this happen one day.

I'm not running from anyone, I'm the champion and I can choose who I'm going to fight.

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

I understand everything Ronda Rousey is gonna bring that day. I don't think she's gonna be able to deal with my striking. She's gonna be really surprised when I touch her, when I connect on my punches.

I've been training for Ronda Rousey since my first fight in the UFC.

I want to retire as champion, and I will make that happen.

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

Ronda knows what's like to have this belt, she knows the power this belt has.

I've been doing everything people like to see: knock people out, and submissions, and go in there to fight.

When I touch Ronda, I'll always try to get the knockout. But if we go to the ground, I'll be ready for anything.

A loss is something tough.

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 don't have anything to do but get in the cage and show my work and wait for my time.

Miesha has holes in her game standing and on the ground.

I've been through several situations in my career and nothing bothers me.

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.

All the things I went through, my losses, those really helped me.

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.

Juliana Pena says I'm running from her, Valentina Shevchenko also said I'm running from her, and now she's saying Juliana Pena is running from her, too. I don't like to play games.

I think I'd be able to win the fight against Ronda.

I am the greatest of all-time.

I think all of my opponents say that, I gas out or whatever. They have to say something about me.

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

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

I want to fight.

I know the girls can't take my punches.

Fighting taught me, I learned from life. It's a school, I'm still learning.

As soon as I go to another area, another climate, I always have this kind of pressure in my sinuses. Honestly, I used to worry about a lot, I'd think something was wrong with me.

Going to 125, I don't even want to talk about it. I tried it for two days and after that, I can't.

I'm 100 percent gonna beat Ronda Rousey - I'm 200 percent.

I represent Brazil with the flag and the belt.

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 live in the U.S., but I'm from Brazil.

My uncle used to fight Vale Tudo, and my mother even cornered him in some of his fights.

You need to prepare for every fight.

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

I've lost before, you need great people around you, your family, people giving you positive energy.

I'm going to keep on making history.

You know, whatever people say, nothing's going to change it - what I think, what I'm capable of.

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.

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.

Cyborg is way heavier, way bigger than me.

I've been very fortunate throughout my career to fight for the best organizations in the world.

I'd have to do a lot of things to fight Cyborg.

Ronda had her time and that buzz around her. She knows it has cooled down now. She knows she lost. That's the problem. She was undefeated for a long time and doesn't know how to deal with a loss now.

After I get the belt, I will be well prepared to face anyone they put in front of me.

I definitely want to defend my 145 belt.

I'd have to change all my training style to fight Cyborg.

I'm the champ for a reason.

When I competed in jiu-jitsu and judo, I had losses. We never accept to lose, but we learn that it's not the end of the world. It's not.

I might go down as well to 125 and try it first in the gym to see how it goes.

I'm a champion, I have to defend this belt.

If they ask me who I want to fight, I'm going to say I want to fight Ronda.