I didn’t get into MMA because I wanted to be UFC champion. That wasn’t my motivation. Shayna Baszler Read Quote
Waving the banner of my coaches is a heavy flag to wield, so it’s something I take very serious. Shayna Baszler Read Quote
One of the reasons I started pursuing MMA was for all the similarities to pro wrestling that it has. Shayna Baszler Read Quote
It’s almost going to sound like a jerk thing to say, but it’s so easy to manipulate the fans to love us or hate us. It’s fun. It makes it really fun. Shayna Baszler Read Quote
I’ve always said the thing about MMA that a lot of fighters don’t understand is people care more about the story, about why a fight’s happening, than the actual fight. Shayna Baszler Read Quote
Changing over to the UFC, I was trying to force myself to thinking, like, ‘This was it; this is the most important thing.’ Shayna Baszler Read Quote
I’m looking forward to getting out there and twisting limbs off and breaking bodies. Shayna Baszler Read Quote
Look, it doesn’t matter who you put in front of me or how many girls out of that locker room you want to throw at me. I’m taking them all out – and never losing this title. Shayna Baszler Read Quote
It’s not like I’m training every day by doing an avalanche suplex off the top turnbuckle. Shayna Baszler Read Quote
I spent so many years in MMA waving the banner for pro wrestling, telling fighters they had to be more entertaining. Shayna Baszler Read Quote