Den tidigare UFC-mästarinnan Ronda Rousey har gjort sig hemmastadd inom WWE – pro wrestling och börjar nu öppna upp sig angående sina förluster i slutet av sin numera insomnade MMA-karriär – förluster som hon har haft svårt att prata om tidigare.
Den forna bantamviktsmästarinnan pratade om förlusterna mot Holly Holm och Amanda Nunes under en Q&A-session tidigare i veckan. MMA Junkie rapporterar hennes ord som följande:
I did a whole lot of crying, isolating myself, [Travis Browne] held me and let me cry and it lasted two years.
I couldn’t have done it alone. There’s a lot of things you have to remember. Every missed opportunity is a blessing in disguise.”
I had to learn from experience. From the worst things, the best things have come as a result. Time is a great teacher. It’s that belief that time passes, even bad times.
Rousey förklarade sedan att även om hennes föräldrar uppfostrat henne till att bli en vinnare så lärde de aldrig henne hur man förlorar. Detta är anledningen till varför hon haft en sådan svår tid efter förlusterna mot Holm och Nunes.
My parents expected me to be special, so I expected to be special. I was just trying to create the job I wanted, and I wouldn’t have the audacity to do that if my mom didn’t tell me I could.
But one thing my mother never taught me was how to lose. She never wanted me to entertain it as a possibility. She’d say: ‘Let it suck. It deserves to suck.
Rousey förklarade sedan varför hon var så tyst mot media efter sina MMA-förluster:
We live in an age of trial by Twitter. What is really gained by stating opinion on anything? It whittles people down. It gets cut and pasted 10 times and it’s in [a] headline…
[Celebrities] keep more and more of [their opinions] to themselves. Why should I talk? I believe hearing me speak is a privilege, and it’s a privilege that’s been abused, so why not revoke it from everyone? I don’t believe public criticism beating you down is the right thing to do.