Michelle Waterson Quotes

I love fighting for the UFC. It's an amazing company. I've done a lot of great things, and they've done a lot of great things for my career.

My fighting style is mixed martial arts. It's not just stand up, or ground and pound, it's everything together. I have 26 years of a fighting career, and it always works together.

I discovered martial arts, first judo and then karate.

People often say, 'Ah, ultimate fighting is so violent,' but it's rooted in martial arts. Martial arts incarnate respect. You can't walk into a dojo and say to your sensei, 'Hey, salut tabarnac!' After every one of my fights I go and shake the hand of my opponent. I don't need to hate the other fighter to fight him well. It's a sport.

I'd always done martial arts I was always interested in fighting.

Martial arts have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember.

I've been taking martial arts for a long time. I started with tae kwon do, and then I started taking karate and mixed martial arts.

There are certain things that I always dreamed of, like fighting in the UFC. There's just certain things that I feel like haven't been accomplished there. There's such great women coming up in the sport; seems like a wonderful time to be in women's MMA.

I've done all kinds of martial arts. I have my blackbelt in Shorei Ru. I'm doing Wu Shu. I do all kinds of different martial arts.

Fighters find it hard to give up doing what they do best - fighting for a living.

I've been doing martial arts since I was 9.

I've been watching Frank Shamrock fight since the beginning.

What's important is to be fighting in the UFC. It doesn't matter if it's the first or last show.

I had 33 kickboxing fights, 37 MMA fights, plus 44 amateur boxing fights, which most of them were international. I will keep fighting as long as I feel good, but I will repeat once more, any fight could be the last one.

I've been learning martial arts - nothing specific, as then it becomes one-sided - but basic exercises.

I miss submitting people; I have a lot of confidence in my jiu-jitsu.

My brother has the potential to become one of the top guys within Strikeforce. He had a very busy personal life; therefore, he wasn't training as hard as he should, but if he's going to pick up his training, he will be a danger for every fighter.

I'm a huge UFC fan. I train. I do jiu-jitsu, taekwondo.

Once I started fighting in UFC, things took a big U-turn. After my second fight, I came home and paid my mortgage off.

Nate Diaz is a tough opponent. I've fought him.

I've always had an interest in Muay Thai fighting. I love the discipline and toughness of it, so I traveled to Thailand to study ways to incorporate it into my style.

I fight guys that no one has ever heard of; I fought guys who are legends, like Frankie Edgar.

For me, being a part of the halcyon days of Pride Fighting Championships and then watching the explosion of the UFC following the 'Ultimate Fighter,' I've been fortunate to be in the right place at the right time.

I never planned on going into MMA or anything like that.

Don't care about catch-wrestling. I only care about Jiu-Jitsu.