You have to try to grow between every fight: get back in the gym and keep working hard and find the areas that you need to work on. See what you did wrong and work on it. – Paige VanZant
I do Athlete Devotion throughout all my fight camps. I am a Christian, so I fight with God first, and I have my devotions with me everywhere I go. – Paige VanZant
I think the hardest thing I went through in the UFC was my first loss. It was terrible. It was traumatizing. But it’s just going back and rebuilding and getting better. – Paige VanZant
I’ve always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I’ve had to deal with having a temper my whole life. – Paige VanZant
I definitely want to be an inspiration or a role model for all the little girls out there or anyone out there that wants to break stereotypes. I feel like I’m breaking stereotypes with what I’m doing. I’m not the typical fighter, and there’s a lot of people out there that won’t do something just because they don’t fit the stereotype. – Paige VanZant
You can’t go into the cage and not love it, and you can’t go in there unprepared. You have to prepare. – Paige VanZant
There’s a lot of girls out there that can relate to me. They can look at me and see themselves a little bit. There’s a lot of girls out there that have a tougher side to them. I just think that people are really grown and attracted to that, and that’s why people like to see me fight. – Paige VanZant
I would love to go do movies; I would love to kind of delve into other things. I did do acting and modeling before, when I was a kid, so it would be nice to use those things. – Paige VanZant
‘Dancing with the Stars’ was a really great experience. People were definitely surprised that I’m a fighter, or they couldn’t believe I’m a professional fighter, but I feel like I’m going to get that for a while. I’m excited to bring a new demographic over to MMA and the UFC. – Paige VanZant
I strictly want to beat every opponent I face, whether it’s for a title or for a small show. The only thing for me is winning my fights and being the best athlete I can be. – Paige VanZant
CrossFit is just another thing I’ve become passionate about. I like to continue to make gains and compete with myself. There’s many ways to do that either with adding weight or competing with my own times or my previous records. It’s been nothing but a benefit to me, and I love lifting weights. – Paige VanZant
I try to eat healthy for the most part. When I cut weight, I cut pretty much everything out. I don’t have protein when I cut weight other than what I might get from something like chicken breast. So I don’t eat any extra protein, just because I’m trying to get the weight off. That’s the only real diet I have. – Paige VanZant
I have so many other talents other than fighting, and I would love to be able to show those off. I would like to say, ‘Yes, I’m a fighter, and I’m this,’ or, ‘Yes I’m a fighter, but I’m also this.’ – Paige VanZant
I was in culinary school for a little while, but it was just too hard to cut weight and cook at the same time. – Paige VanZant
I gave up school. I gave up a really, really good job. I gave up a lot of stuff. I cut a lot of people out of my life so I could just focus on my fighting dreams. – Paige VanZant
I am very much a girly girl as well as being this tough, athletic fighter. I grew up a tomboy. I got my first four wheeler when I was eight. I got my first dirt bike shortly after. So, I have a lot of these manly qualities, I guess you would say. But, I also like to go get dressed up every weekend. – Paige VanZant
My dad grew up wrestling. He knew Ken Shamrock, and I didn’t know who he was at the time. So, he found out that Shamrock was in a gym in Reno, and he wanted me to go try a class with him. I tried it and fell in love the first day. Ken told me that I had potential in this sport, and he’s the reason I kept at it. – Paige VanZant
I am a huge wrestling fan. I would say The Rock is my favorite person to watch for obvious reasons. – Paige VanZant
I needed something to challenge myself a little more. I found fighting, and it completely fit my personality. – Paige VanZant
I’ve always been very competitive, and I’ve always had this desire to win my entire life. I guess when it comes to being in the cage, especially, I just hate losing more than I like to win. The idea of someone beating me just doesn’t sit well. – Paige VanZant
