Marlen Esparza quotes:

I look forward to continuing to be a role model to women across the country and helping them have confidence in all they do in the ring, on the court or in the game of life!

I've thought about it a hundred times. I even buy bridal magazines sometimes. I want David Tutera to do my wedding.

I used to be so aggressive, but after a while I started learning. It's not that I know how to adapt, but I know all styles of fighting so I can change my style of fighting to whatever it needs to be. That just comes from years of training and a lot of sparring partners.

If I look good then I feel good and if I feel good, then I'll fight good.

I thought that when I won the Olympic trials I was going to be the happiest person in the whole world. And I was happy. But it wasn't like I thought it was going to be. I had already imagined it in my head so many times. It was real before it happened.

If no one thinks you can, then you have to.

I'm obsessed with getting married, but I don't even have a boyfriend.

As an athlete, confidence makes me more competitive and helps me perform better.

I don't have to think. My only job is to show up and win.

I sometimes say I am in a relationship with boxing,

If you really know... what you want and how to get there, then everything else really falls into place.