Sara McMann famous quotes

I felt like I could be a good example that you don't have to have all the right things in life, all the doors already open for you, in order to do great things. In fact, I truly believe that a lot of people who do great things, many of them have come from harder backgrounds.
-- Sara McMann

#Believe #Doors #Order

I'm not going to blame a referee for something I feel like I should be able to control. I should get up quicker. If you want to win fights, you just have to do it, regardless of what's going on.
-- Sara McMann

#Fighting #Winning #Want

You don't have to have all the right things in life, all the doors already open for you, in order to do great things.
-- Sara McMann

#Order #Mma #Doors

I know what a really bad day is...and that's not losing a competition.
-- Sara McMann

#Bad Day #Mma #Competition

If I know the outcome is not going to devastate my life, it makes me so much more excited for everything that's to come.
-- Sara McMann

#Mma #Outcomes #Excited

I still secretly believe that afternoons are the time for the test card and you shouldn't watch television when the sun is out.

Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.

Psychoanalysts believe that the only "normal" people are those who cause not trouble to either themselves or anyone else.

I was a narrative historian, believing more and more as I matured that the first function of the historian was to answer the child's question, "What happened next?

The joy of all mysteries is the certainty which comes from their contemplation, that there are many doors yet for the soul to open on her upward and inward way.

When one door opens, so does another one.

What are you doing?" "I'm going to enjoy a long overdue make-out session with my girl. That's what I'm doing." I explained, stepping into the room and closing the door behind me with one shove of my foot.

Everything seems overwhelming when you stand back and look at the totality of it. I build a lot of stuff and it would all seem impossible if I didn't break it down piece by piece, stage by stage. The best gift you can give yourself is some drive--that thing inside of you that gets you out the door to the gym, job interviews, and dates. The believe-in-yourself adage is grossly overrated.

Every ransomed man owes his salvation to the fact that during his days of sinning, God kept the door of mercy open.

I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change.