Rose Namajunas Quotes

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Rose Namajunas

Profession : Athlete

Birth : June 29, 1992

I want to encourage people to be nicer to each other, to be nicer to themselves.

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I want to be the most influential champion, in a positive light. I want to change the world.

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Fighting causes you to face life head on, because you could end up seriously getting hurt, and you could hurt somebody else. It causes both people to face the reality that we are fragile beings, but it doesn't mean we can't enjoy ourselves in the process and punch each other in the face and have a good time.

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It's great that mixed martial arts allows people to still be in touch with their animal side and duke it out in a cage, but I think it's important: we're still nurturing beings, and we should still have compassion for each other.

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I was kind of a loner growing up.

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A lot of times, my best friend was my dog.

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I definitely get down on myself. I needed to work on my self-talk. The same way you do footwork drills and cardio training, I had to do self-talk training.

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Some of the things I've had to overcome in my past, fighting helped me deal with a lot of struggles. Obstacles in life don't make you a great fighter, but fighting - or, I should say, martial arts - helps you overcome your obstacles.

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I feel like we have a duty as fighters to try and be a better example.

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Mixed martial arts - there's just been a lot of trash talking and things like that. People, I feel like, aren't really being true to themselves or being honest. I don't know, maybe that's what they feel they need to do to entertain things.

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Fighting helped me learn that I can't let my emotions take over.

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I have overcome some demons in my path.

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I grew up with lots of anger, frustration, and violence in my heart.

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I come from a place of lots of turmoil.

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If I'm not fighting for a good reason, then your personal life starts to get messy, and it's like, 'What am I doing this for?'

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Always try to reinvent myself; never try to stay the same person, because that's how people figure you out.

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2016 was really challenging for me. I don't know what it was.

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I've always felt that I was a star. I always knew that I am a star.

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I don't think anybody is perfect.

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I think that I can speak in front of the camera. I think my fighting ability can speak for itself as well.

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