Paige VanZant Quotes

It's hard to just go one day from another to being one of the best fighters in the world to just stop doing what you love to do.

I'm committed to the fight game.

I just try to be the best fighter I can be.

I've been athletic since I was a kid. My parents got me playing tennis when I was seven years old and I started to play competitively.

In our view the Olympic idea involves a strong physical culture supplemented on the one hand by mobility, what is so aptly called 'fair play', and on the other hand by aesthetics, that is the cultivation of what is beautiful and graceful.

If you look at any superior athlete, you will find a strong parental influence. Parents introduce their children to a sport, and then they support them.

As a child I was very involved with sports and I knew at age 9 that I wanted to be an Olympic champion.

The spirit of the Olympic movement is great for young people because it teaches them about the training and discipline required to compete. Even if they don't make the teams, they can rededicate their lives to the art of sport, discipline, and physical fitness.

The doors fly open when you're a professional athlete.

Growing up as an athlete, I started skating very young. My parents didn't know anything about the sport, so they went with the flow. I had two great coaches who gave great advice and gave guidelines for my parents. My parents let the coaches dictate what was going on on the ice.

My father was a really good athlete, so his pop-ups really were sky high. Eventually I learned how to judge them properly and catch them well. It was great training for when I started to play on teams, which I did all through school.

A college athlete is going to be competitive. You don't get to that level if you're not.

What our kids learn to do is fight. So when you watch a Devin Booker, you look at Tyler Ulis - they fight.

I train really hard for each and every fight. I never take anyone lightly.

I'm a competitor in anything I do, especially boxing.

The majority of fighters and athletes live double lives.

I'd turn up to the gym early and just be there, waiting outside, knocking on the door. It was something I thought I was decent at. I enjoyed fighting; it's how I've always been.

I have been an athlete for much of my life starting at the age of 4.

My job is to train hard, go fight, and do my best.

I dabbled in football myself until the age of 14, but I didn't have as much love for the sport as I did track and field. I would never have been good enough to take it to the highest level.

I like the good part of the sport, the sport side of the fighting.

I had a fantastic career. I loved being a professional athlete.

I had only been training for a year and half when I did the World Games. Then the next year I did the British championship as a heavyweight and won that.

I've got my dreams. I want to be the best fighter on the planet.

Since I've been in fourth grade, all I've known was basketball.