Ronda Rousey has been making the headlines after Mark Wahlberg made a bombastic statement saying he would beat Ronda in a street fight. After all Marky Mark does frequently train boxing in his own private gym. Olympic Judo Medalist and former Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey still couldn't avoid answering questions regarding her infamous non approach to losing during the press junket for her movie Catch 22:
“I did a whole lot of crying, isolating myself, (husband Travis Browne) held me and let me cry and it lasted two years,” Rousey said via MMA Junkie. “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.”In addition to dealing with the loss there was also the matter of the Olympian being taught to win at all costs and that losing isn't even an option:
“My parents expected me to be special, so I expected to be special,” said an emotional Rousey. “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,” she added. “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.’”
Nowadays Rousey has a better home in the WWE anyway. Her debut is widely touted as one of the best of all time: