“It takes a lot when you are a professional fighter to stay in top condition. You have to sacrifice a lot and I did.”

I am a woman and I don’t have the power and the strength of a man, so I have to use my technique and my strategy more than just using brute strength like some of the guys do.

Fighters before a fight, they shouldn’t get riled up.

I always wanted to box.

Through Biblical times, there have been great women warriors and now the sport is so populated that these are the women warriors that we have today in boxing, kickboxing, and MMA.

What happened to the men’s boxing is happening to the women’s boxing, but not all the time. Every now and then, you get some really great fights. It’s a money thing and how many people are going to buy that pay-per-view for the fights. The UFC is eventually going to go that way.

When you go into MMA you really can’t do it half-assed. If you do it half-assed, then you’re going to get annihilated.

I never actually thought I would be a real fighter, though. But I began to excel on the local circuit and I did well for myself.

Nobody can count Shane Mosley out. He is a good, good fighter, especially when he fights an aggressive opponent like Manny Pacquiao.

Manny Pacquiao is the best fighter I’ve ever seen

The streets was basically my parents.

I’ve got a history of frustrating guys and making them angry.

There’s no great person that lived that didn’t go through scrutiny or ridicule and prosecution in all types of ways, to be who they are in history.

I function better when my back is to the wall.