Gina Carano Quotes

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

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

When I throw a punch, I mean it.

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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.

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

Everybody is their own critic.

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano

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

- Gina Carano