Latest Ronda Rousey Quotes from Interviews

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• It was a very bold step for Sports Illustrated, and a lot of people are taking notice. I want it to be so normal that people don't even notice anymore.

  Ronda Rousey

  Sports, People, Want

  Source: www.elle.com

• I got a lot of body paint on me in a short period of time. I would definitely do it again because Joann Gair is so brilliant, but I would definitely need, like, a good long break for it.

  Ronda Rousey

  Long, Needs, Body

  Source: www.elle.com

• Sports Illustrated is very serious about their covers. They'll never say, like, 'Oh you got it.'

  Ronda Rousey

  Sports, Serious, Sports Illustrated

  Source: www.elle.com

• The reaction has been amazing because there is no woman that could look at these covers and not be like, 'That's what I could look like,' or, 'I pretty much already look like one of these chicks.' It really makes beauty seem so much more attainable to people.

  Ronda Rousey

  People, Looks, Reactions

  Source: www.elle.com

• 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.

  Ronda Rousey

  Mean, Media, People

  Source: www.elle.com

• I really think that 'Sports Illustrated' is a big step in the "healthy is the new skinny" movement.

  Ronda Rousey

  Sports, Thinking, Healthy

  Source: www.elle.com

• When you're doing something like body paint or a nude shoot, you're making yourself very vulnerable, and you're really trusting people to really take care of you and make sure everything is very professional.

  Ronda Rousey

  People, Body, Care

  Source: www.elle.com

• The Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue really sets the social standard for what people expect the perfect woman's body to look like, and a lot of those bodies usually look the same.

  Ronda Rousey

  Sports, Issues, People

  Source: www.elle.com

• We were in the middle of a sandbar in the middle of the ocean with no one around, and still someone was following me from New York, and was hiding in some bushes like a mile away with a long lens, so he still got pictures. It was really an eye opener to how you really have to be careful about being followed everywhere. I was trying to go to the most remote place in the world, I was out on a sandbar in the middle of the ocean, and they still found me. It was definitely a very new experience.

  Ronda Rousey

  New York, Ocean, Eye

  Source: www.elle.com

• I grew up with a lot of body image issues - not just about my weight, but I would always see these perfect orb, domed boobs on television, and think, "Mine don't look like that." I thought there was something wrong with me.

  Ronda Rousey

  Thinking, Issues, Perfect

  Source: www.elle.com

• I thought that I was mutant somehow. I eventually realized that I have a very natural look, and that's what God gave me, and I'm proud of it. It was kind of a way for me to get past that as well.

  Ronda Rousey

  Past, Mutants, Looks

  Source: www.elle.com

• When you shoot nude, you always find a way to, like, cover yourself up in a way. So you really don't feel like you're truly naked because you're still covering yourself.

  Ronda Rousey

  Over You, Covering, Naked

  Source: www.elle.com

• Even though I was painted, even though I had on seven layers of paint - to the point that I got a tan, it was as thick as a fabric - I think I felt the most naked because I couldn't cover myself at all. I didn't have to, so I had to be much more open and relaxed.

  Ronda Rousey

  Thinking, Naked, Fabric

  Source: www.elle.com

• I've never had anything cold and wet touching my butthole before. That was quite the experience!

  Ronda Rousey

  Touching, Cold, Wet

  Source: www.elle.com

• After I did the swimsuit issuе, I knew that I wanted to do it again.

  Ronda Rousey

  Swimsuits, Wanted

  Source: www.elle.com

• I'm not a full model like those other girls. Mostly I was surprised that I could hang.

  Ronda Rousey

  Girl, Other Girl, Models

  Source: www.elle.com

• I kind of like to think of myself as the bad girl Olympian that would get kicked out of the Miss America pageant.

  Ronda Rousey

  Girl, Thinking, America

  Source: bleacherreport.com

• I try not to get caught up on how cool I am. That way nothing ever gets done. I'm always thinking about what I haven't done.

  Ronda Rousey

  Thinking, Trying, Done

  Source: bleacherreport.com

• That I happened to fall into a career that no other girls wanted isn't surprising to me. I wanted something that didn't exist, so I had to create it.

  Ronda Rousey

  Girl, Fall, Careers

  Source: bleacherreport.com

• Whenever people call me the first female this or that, it doesn't make it more special because no one in front of me wanted the same job. I've always wanted weird stuff and enjoyed things differently than other girls.

  Ronda Rousey

  Girl, Jobs, People

  Source: bleacherreport.com

• 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.

  Ronda Rousey

  Jobs, Tired, Opportunity

  Source: bleacherreport.com

• I've coached doing judo, but I've never coached MMA. I'll have my own coach with me to help me along the way and I can't really fail with him by my side, but I'm a little nervous.

  Ronda Rousey

  Mma, Littles, Way

  Source: bleacherreport.com

• As an athlete you're taught to be selfish. When I'm training, it's usually all about me.

  Ronda Rousey

  Selfish, Athlete, Training

  Source: bleacherreport.com