Gina Carano Quotations

I think there's a part in each one of us that wants the impossible to happen, and that's what surprises are.

I don't mind answering any questions, because I'm not just a fighter. I'm a lot more than that.

A lot of people enjoyed the film 'Haywire' and a lot of people have mixed feelings on it but regardless, a lot of people have said really wonderful things about it being my first experience, that the fighting they absolutely enjoyed. So I think I've gotten a lot more fans, actually.

I wake up every morning and I surprise myself. I wake up to a new me.

I think I came up in fighting in a really technical way. If you've ever seen my fights, you know I love distance, I love technique.

Since I've started fighting it has taught me a lot about self respect, self confidence and self control.

I know I don't look like the skinny slender model. I know I look a little different but people like to watch me for some reason. It feels good and I'm humbled by it.

You shouldn't be greedy. You should feel good about yourself and not be greedy of what other people have.

When I throw a punch, I mean it.

I have gotten some of the most beautiful experiences that a person can possibly ask for so I'm not at all complaining.

I know I'm always rooting for the underdog in a fight, and I love to be constantly surprised.

I want people to see me for who I am and not for how someone else is trying to promote me.

Well you know, I have the utmost respect for people like Angelina Jolie and Zoe Saldana in 'Colombiana.

I definitely don't want to be one of those athletes who turns into a cheesy actress.

It's a very big deal to me to remain the same person because I know all of this is going to be gone one day and I'm just going to have myself.

My knowledge of video games ends with Nintendo 'Mario Bros.

You want to get better even after people smash you down. You want to be better than you were before.

I was always bigger than the other girls. My sisters are very, very beautiful and very skinny, and I've always had a more muscular body. So I grew up with a different mentality.

The ultimate first date? Something that is completely out of the ordinary - go crazy, because first dates are always a little awkward, so do something a little extreme.

It's a constant battle for everybody, but you need to be happy with yourself.

I am always training because I love it.

I am not a violent person. I actually don't like to hurt people.

I don't get paid what people think I get paid for fighting.

I find that whoever you are as a person is how you're gonna fight, and every basic instinct kind of comes out at that moment.

My last fight wasn't the way I wanted it to go so there is a hole there; don't count me out.

When I enjoy doing something, I don't mind if it hurts.

Sometimes, you get portrayed the way you don't want to be portrayed.

I like fighting because it's honest.

I cannot say where I will be in 5 yearsscratch that, tomorrowBut I know that wherever you find me, I will remain true to myself with a genuine smile on my face and happiness in my heart.

I'm really surprised how many people knew me as Gina Carano. MMA has a beautiful fan base.

I've had cameras on me since I started the art of fighting and I think that I'm used to having cameras on me in adrenaline-type situations.

Fight night is all about believing in yourself, believing in what you can do, and doing it.

I was destined to express myself.

My first love is MMA... it's something that I did because it made me feel good.

I'm attracted to any type of endeavor that gives me the chance to express what's going on inside me.

When you fight someone, you share the experience with that one person, and you're never going to have that experience with someone else-even in another fight.

When you dream big, you eventually attract big things.

There are certain things that I always dreamed of, like fighting in the UFC. There's just certain things that I feel like haven't been accomplished there. There's such great women coming up in the sport; seems like a wonderful time to be in women's MMA.

There's nothing that can teach you more than experience.

On 'American Gladiators,' I got to pummel a lot of people off a pyramid with a giant Q-tip. It was so much fun to wrestle people with no risk of getting knocked out or choked out.

I love it. It's something I can do that makes everything else disappear.

I'm afraid of pretty much everything, but there's something inside me that is addicted to scaring myself.

I like to break down barriers and I think that Hollywood is doing the same thing over and over. I want to do something new and say, "Let's evolve as artists!"

Once you get that addiction of realizing what you can do, you want to take that to the next level.

People want to put you in the box, and you just have to fight past their preconceived notions.

It's something that I've always loved to do and it's been such a genuine expression for me.

Fighting is very physical and extreme and you're very vulnerable. It's a very mental type of thing.

Everybody is their own critic.

My first fight. I fought a girl that was a little bit heavier, a little bit more experienced and I was petrified because I didn't know what I was getting myself into. And I did really well against her and nobody believed it was my first fight.

Fighting is my career, it's what I love to do, but I am taking offers and trying to expand because the more I expand myself, the more valuable I become to promoters.

There's so much I want to do. I love emotions, I love drama, I love comedy and I also want to take action up to another level, I love comics.

Of course, fighting is not going to be as graceful as movie fighting. I don't like it to be ugly and I don't like it to be one big brawl or people clobbering each other.

If a good visionary wants to jump on board with that and I see their vision correctly and I like it and I like the script, I would absolutely do it but I have to read the script first.

It [preparing for a role] is just like studying for a test and making the test easy; it makes it a lot of fun, especially when people enjoy it.

My mom used to tell me: 'It's not what you weigh; it's what you look like.

In acting, you get to explore such an artistic side with different characters to research and learn and explore different things inside yourself and I do that anyway, so I might as well be doing something that I already do, as in a second nature to me, on film.

The guys I date always want to test my strength and wrestle around. By the end, they're drenched in sweat.

I feel like I can always do better with action and I always want to push the envelope there as long as I can because I'm a physical person and I love expressing myself physically, but I'm also, on the very flipside, an extremely emotional person. I like watching the relationships and the chemistry and the relatability.

I didn't really watch action films growing up! I grew up on stuff like 'Anne of Green Gables' - that was more when I was in elementary school. It was all I ever watched.

Fighting's given me confidence but it's also broken me down and kept me humble.

When you do things for the right reasons, eventually no matter how long it takes, people will take notice of it and can't help but respect it.