Top 50 Jessica Andrade Quotes

At one point, I had 10 UFC fights under my belt. But at the same time, I had no money and no house to live in.

Becoming champion was great and completely changed my life financially.

When I entered the UFC, there was only the bantamweight division. I had some good fights there, and then I decided to go to the strawweight division, where I became a champion.

It’s easy to talk, but it’s hard to actually do something.

I’ll do whatever the UFC tells me. They are giving me tough girls, and I’m doing great fights, so I’ll continue this way.

I like to change things up and feel comfortable to show my best performance. I think that’s probably why I haven‘t stopped changing divisions.

Rose is a very versatile athlete, she works her striking well.

Thank God I was able to buy my mom a house, switched cars, and bought myself a house.

I did it all, man. My father worked with planting, leasing the land and planting corn and beans, things like that. My brother and I helped to harvest. At the time of planting, we would go along too. I think that made me become the woman I am today, strong and focused.

When I started fighting MMA, I saw I could make some money with it.

Meeting Marta was one of the best things that ever happened in my life, and knowing that we’re similar to each other. The training aspect, as a human being. We’re really similar.

If you‘re versatile, and get punched in the face, but still go forward, that frustrates Joanna, she doesn’t know what to do.

Women’s MMA has evolved a lot.

I feel really well at the flyweight division.

I’m very strong and I have enough cardio for three or five rounds if I have to.

I want to get well prepared to fight five rounds when the time comes.

I look at Weili Zhang and see myself. She has heavy hands and if we exchange, I want to be better than her. When she fires, I want to be the sniper and her with a small pistol.

Because of Valentina’s career in MMA and the way she beats her opponents, beating her will be even more important than when I won the strawweight belt.

If I have to fight at 125, I’ll do it. No problem.

I used to eat a lot of pasta and cookies, things like that. I really eat a lot. I’d eat everything if you let me.

It’s complicated to stand and trade with me. My first hand lands and you already feel it.

I’ve fought in some many different places in the world, even China, so location doesn’t affect much.

On the feet, I realized that it will be hard for anyone to knock me out, I have a solid chin and everything will be alright.

I always consider myself to be the underdog.

I won’t choose opponents.

I have great cardio.

Everybody is good at something.

I had the opportunity to take a judo class once, and I’ve never done that before – except fighting and beating up my brother at home. I decided to stay for the class and I defeated every boy there, so the teacher asked me if I wanted to stay and train more.

I was in great shape against ‘Claudinha’ and everyone saw a good show.

Height doesn’t mean everything.

I know my jiu-jitsu can save me.

When we go through rough situations in life and reach the top, we thank God we had to go through all that.

When I saw it was possible and I would fight well… I realized that I would have more opportunities at 115, would be better ranked and put on better fights, I spoke with my coach and we decided to do it.

It’s sad that we have to sell our training gear, things we get in fights that are a good memory of what we had there, but we’ll get new stuff later.

If they want me against Jessica Eye, that’s great. I will watch her fights and train hard to do another exciting fight for the fans.

Oh, I think Neymar would be a nice guy I’d like to meet. Messi, too. Cristiano Ronaldo. I think they are guys that their lives would encourage me. They would be nice people to meet and know more about their stories, to evolve and grow more with their stories. I think it would be cool to meet them.

I didn’t make any money in soccer, only spent money. I had offers to play in Sao Paulo, but my mother didn’t let me go.

People started to understand our freedom. We have the right to be happy. It doesn’t matter if you are two women or two men, I think people understand that now.

People think I’m rich. Well, I’m not.

I’m poor just like everybody else. If someone kidnaps me, they’re getting nothing but a candy, a gum.

Guillotine is my specialty. I love it.

We can’t judge someone by his age or experience, only for her abilities.

Joanna is a great athlete, has good grappling, good striking, a lot of cardio, but her punching power is weak.

We might think we don’t, but everyone descends from native Brazilians. When Portuguese arrived here, everyone was native Brazilians, so I have that in my blood.

We have coaches to pay, trainers, different sparring partners. There’s a cost.

When someone truly believes she can be the champion, go for it.

The strategy to beat Shevchenko would be to work non-stop and be all over her, striking the entire time, grabbing her to tire her out, and then work a different game plan on the next rounds. I think that’s the best strategy to beat Shevchenko, but anything can change when the time comes.

I’ll fight anyone they put in front of me.

Sometimes we have to sell UFC clothes, backpack, gloves, stuff like that, to make some extra money to finish a camp. It’s quite difficult, but we go on.

Whatever you sexual orientation is, it doesn’t affect how you work or who you are or what you do.