I didn't think I was so tough until I did 'Champion'; then I was a tough guy.
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I think to be 'tough' means you look relaxed. So you have to be tough to win tournaments. But you don't want to be so tough on yourself.
If I wasn't a champion, I'd still be in jail. That makes me try very hard.
There have been moments in my career when I've had to be tough and I've had to step up to the plate - but usually that's because a man has underestimated me. But other than that, I wouldn't say I'm a tough person.
That was the fight. I knew that I had done something that no man had been able to do to a champion.
I truly believe that it's all of the hard times that make you step up to the next level, and that's what makes you a champion.
The guys that I beat in the 'Super Six,' every one of those fights was tough, even if I did dominate some.
I always thought I'm kind of a tough girl.
I tried to be really tough when I was younger. I felt I had to stand up for myself. I never felt like I fit in.
To be a champion, I think you have to see the big picture. It's not about winning and losing; it's about every day hard work and about thriving on a challenge. It's about embracing the pain that you'll experience at the end of a race and not being afraid. I think people think too hard and get afraid of a certain challenge.
It's weird: I don't see myself as a tough guy.
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