20 quotes
"Once you give them the power to tell you you’re great, you’ve also given them the power to tell you you’re unworthy. Once you start caring about people’s opinions of you, you give up control."
- Ronda Rousey
Self-awareness
"People say to me all the time, ‘You have no fear.’ I tell them, ‘No, that’s not true. I’m scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I’m a courageous person because I’m a scared person.’"
- Ronda Rousey
Courage
"I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person."
- Ronda Rousey
Courage
"I’m a courageous person because I’m a scared person."
- Ronda Rousey
Courage
"The greatest battles are often fought within ourselves. It's about overcoming our fears, doubts, and insecurities, and finding the strength to keep going, no matter what."
- Ronda Rousey
Courage
"People say to me all the time, ‘You have no fear.’ I tell them, ‘No, that’s not true. I’m scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I’m a courageous person because I’m a scared person.'"
- Ronda Rousey
Courage
"My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of the night. She said she wanted me to know that even if I was hurt, I was still fine."
- Ronda Rousey
Motivation
"Everyone wants to win. But to truly succeed—whether it is at a sport or at your job or in life—you have to be willing to do the hard work, overcome the challenges, and make the sacrifices it takes to be the best at what you do."
- Ronda Rousey
Hard Work
"A belt does nothing but hold your gi together. A belt has assigned significance, a belt is someone else saying you're good, you don't need other people saying that you're good in order to be good."
- Ronda Rousey
Self-esteem
""No one has the right to beat you.""
- Ronda Rousey
Self-esteem
""A belt does nothing but hold your gi together. A belt has assigned significance, a belt is someone else saying you're good, you don't need other people saying that you're good in order to be good.""
- Ronda Rousey
Self-confidence
"Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do and at some point you will."
- Ronda Rousey
Belief in Self
"If I could have had everything exactly the way I wanted, this is how I would have written it down. Win all my fights in the first round, then go to the UFC and headline a show, and have it as a pay-per-view and at home. People's dreams don't come true like that."
- Ronda Rousey
Aspirations
"No one has the right to beat you."
- Ronda Rousey
Empowerment
""Making a change in your life is as easy as making a decision and acting on it. That’s it.""
- Ronda Rousey
Change
"Making a change in your life is as easy as making a decision and acting on it. That’s it."
- Ronda Rousey
Change
"Somehow, people act like I have no competition, but the thing is, the competition is so good that it forces me to be better than I even thought was possible."
- Ronda Rousey
Determination
"People say to me all the time, ‘You have no fear.’ I tell them, ‘No, that’s not true. I’m scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I’m a courageous person because I’m a scared person."
- Ronda Rousey
Bravery
""I'm a courageous person because I'm a scared person.""
- Ronda Rousey
Bravery
"People say to me all the time, ‘You have no fear.’ I tell them, ‘No, that’s not true. I’m scared all the time. You have to have fear in order to have courage. I’m a courageous person because I’m a scared person.”"
- Ronda Rousey
Bravery