Top 66 Jessica Andrade Quotes

We don’t like to fight other Brazilians, but it’s pretty cool if there’s a belt on the line.

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

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

Rose had some openings that I could fit my game in. Even though she was taller than me and had a longer reach, I was stronger in short distance, my strikes connect better.

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

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

It’s true, I said I would never go down to 115 because I thought I wouldn’t be able to make the weight, but thank God we started working on that.

I train with girls as strong as the ones I’m going to fight, so that’s good.

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

Meeting Marta, who she is as a person, and hanging out with her, seeing her watch my fight, screaming and cheering for me, being proud of me the same way I am proud of her, that’s priceless. It was really cool. I never imagined that.

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

Here in Brazil, homophobia is everywhere. If Brazil looked up to good things that other countries do, it would become a better place. I’m not talking about homosexuals only, but for everything else.

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.

I always consider myself to be the underdog.

There were a lot of new opportunities after I won the belt. People look at you more when you’re the champion, UFC looks at you differently, you can negotiate bigger purses.

I feel really well at the flyweight division.

What’s the point of hitting pads, landing 10,000 punches, and then landing punches that are soft as feathers in the fight? I hit hard.

Every fight I fight in a different way.

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

Becoming champion was great and completely changed my life financially.

Thank God now I’m able to take care of my mom, my house, help my teammates.

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

Eating healthy food, a lot of things will change for the best.

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

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

I know my jiu-jitsu can save me.

All I wanted to do was play soccer. I used to tell my mom that I wanted to be like Marta, that I would be the best in the world and make her really proud, that she would see me on TV.

Tecia is a tough opponent, both standing and on the ground, and has evolved a lot. She hits hard and can take a punch.

Joanna’s weak spot is Jessica Andrade.

Joanna is a nice person. She helped me a lot before my fights at bantamweight.

I won’t choose opponents.

I wasn’t the type of person to gain much weight after a fight, but at 115 I can be bigger and more powerful than my opponents.

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.

After I beat Rose and won the belt, I heard too many comments along the lines of ‘Oh, that was luck.’ You think that doesn’t get to you?

Height doesn’t mean everything.

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.

I’ve fought a lot of good girls and I think Valentina is one level above any other.

I’m used to compete at 135 pounds, and I know I will always be shorter than my opponents.

I never tried forcing anyone to understand me. Everybody has their own opinion. But I will always be happy the way I am.

I’m originally from jiu-jitsu.

Women’s MMA has evolved a lot.

Everybody is good at something.

Rose has a great striking. We can see her improvement, especially in her fights against Joanna. She’s fast, has a bigger reach and is taller than me.

We only get paid when we fight, and we have to save money until the next fight.

I think Valentina is the best pound-for-pound in the UFC.

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

I worked a lot on my striking game and I’m getting better and better every day.

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.

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

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.

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

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

The more space you give Joanna, the better for her. I work better when I close the distance.

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.

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

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.

The day I retire, I want other women to look at me and say: ‘Man, Jessica was awesome, funny and a lesbian. She threw so many punches and brought us lots of joy.’

I have great cardio.

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

To beat Shevchenko, you’d have to close the distance and work with strikes close to the cage to take away her energy, her strength, and work with the ground and pound or something like that.

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.

Fighting your opponent’s strengths is the key, you frustrate them on what they have best.

Valentina is the best in the UFC. I’ve always wanted to fight her because I always want to fight the best.

I was able to do nice things at 135, and came to 115 at the perfect time.

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.