Marlen Esparza Quotations

If no one thinks you can, then you have to.

I used to be so aggressive, but after a while I started learning. It's not that I know how to adapt, but I know all styles of fighting so I can change my style of fighting to whatever it needs to be. That just comes from years of training and a lot of sparring partners.

As an athlete, confidence makes me more competitive and helps me perform better.

I don't have to think. My only job is to show up and win.

I'm obsessed with getting married, but I don't even have a boyfriend.

If I look good then I feel good and if I feel good, then I'll fight good.

If you really know... what you want and how to get there, then everything else really falls into place.

I look forward to continuing to be a role model to women across the country and helping them have confidence in all they do in the ring, on the court or in the game of life!

I thought that when I won the Olympic trials I was going to be the happiest person in the whole world. And I was happy. But it wasn't like I thought it was going to be. I had already imagined it in my head so many times. It was real before it happened.

I sometimes say I am in a relationship with boxing,

I've thought about it a hundred times. I even buy bridal magazines sometimes. I want David Tutera to do my wedding.