- Broken
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Gold
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be honest, I already felt that I was going to win the gold medal, but with school being so hard I was kind of second-guessing myself. So, when I actually was told that I was going to be able to walk across the stage and be done with high school, it was such a relief.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
I sign a lot of autographs and take a lot of pictures. That's why I've always got to keep my hair done now.
- Humble
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- Nov 07, 2020
Coming back to Flint and seeing my family keeps me humble. Even though I've been on a worldwide stage, I can still communicate with them on a hood level, if that's what you want to call it.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
Growing up in Flint, Michigan, I saw so many kids from my school end up in jail or unemployed, and gangs would hang out and cause trouble in my neighborhood. I had to learn how to protect myself, because it didn't feel like anyone else was protecting me.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
My dad would tell me stories about when he was an underground fighter. One day when I was 11, he told me he wished he had a son who could have been a real boxer.
- Head
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- Nov 07, 2020
The first punch I learned was the jab. Second, the cross punch; third, the hook - after that, all the combinations and how to move my head and feet. It took me just two months to be ready to get in the ring!
- Fight
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- Nov 07, 2020
From my first fight, I loved being in the ring. I tune everything out - the lights, the smells, the noise - so I'm in this zone where I'm performing only for myself.
- Fighter
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- Nov 07, 2020
Being a woman fighter, I can't just go out there and manhandle a girl, I need to be very strategic: Use my skills, head movement and defence, then seek and destroy.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boxing is so easy for me, sadly. I don't mean to be cocky. The promoters don't like that I walk through other girls but it's not my fault that I'm so good.
- Like
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- Nov 07, 2020
I train like an animal in the ring. There's nobody that can beat me because I train hard for everybody.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I take the toughest challenges and fight against the best women. With that attitude, I will always be doing something big. I'm light-years ahead of my time.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I trained my whole life for the Olympics. I didn't have a childhood, I really couldn't go to the beach with my friends. Couldn't go to parties. Just training, training, training.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
You got to adjust to how your life is.
- Everything
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always had heart to get in there and fight. I was taught everything I knew. I was taught how to jab, why to do this, and why not to do that. I was taught that.
- Age
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- Nov 07, 2020
I felt abandoned at a young age. That's where most of my anger came from, I guess.
- Feelings
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- Nov 07, 2020