36 Quotes by Tonya Harding

It's an image that the media has given me as a bad girl, and the only reason they gave me that image is just because of the few things that have gone wrong in my life, and also because I grew up living in a trailer.

I was told my whole life, you're fat, you're ugly, you're never going to amount to be anything.

I have never been the stereotypical figure skater.

My biological mother made my clothes or bought my clothes from Salvation Army or Goodwill.

One thing I like about boxing is that I will not have to deal with the same kind of politics that I had to in skating. In boxing, it is not about your appearance, or how your costume looks, what color it is, or how much it costs.

She hits me and she beats me and she drinks. My mom is an alcoholic.

I moved around 13 different times before I was in fifth grade, not having money, not having a lot of friends.

There are some similarities between boxing and skating. Both require power and grace. Physically, boxing is obviously much harder. I weighed between 105-108 pounds when I skated. I will weigh around 120 for my first fight. I just ate a bunch of carbohydrates, which was great, to help gain some weight. I did not lift weights at all.

I am in absolutely the best shape of my life and ready to go. I am not nervous at all. Physically and mentally, I have never felt better.