I think the ability and the knowledge to be able to defend yourself builds confidence. Also there's great gratification in the sweat… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
What attracted me to wrestling was the entertainment factor. I loved watching how into the show the fans get, and also how… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
Being a part of the WWE, I am blessed to have a platform both on social media and TV, with that platform… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I want the women's division to have that legitimacy, I want it to have that intensity and the aggressiveness, and I feel… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
Being a part of the LGBTQ community myself, it's another passion of mine to let my fan base know that I represent… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I am an entertainer and I am an athlete, and WWE is the biggest performance-based show in the world. — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
My MMA background, I think, only enhances my experience on 'Tough Enough' or in the WWE in general. — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
You can call WWE whatever you want, but at the end of the day, it's a fight and fighting is my specialty. — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I live for the pressure, I live for the moments when I'm deep in the match, out of breath, hurt and feel… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I was in my junior year of high school and I had been playing soccer and basketball almost my entire life, and… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
A good friend of mine, Maria Menounos, she's kind of like a mentor to me. She dabbled in WWE and pro wrestling,… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I do feel pressure, but I put it on myself because I want to represent the LGBTQ community in a place where… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
My first time being inside the Performance Center was for the WWE Tough Enough tryouts, and although I knew hardly anything about… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I started training at a local gym in New Jersey, and the day of my high school graduation, I packed up everything… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
Even prior to WWE, when I was bartending and training MMA, I always had a sense of fulfillment because although not my… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I feel like the story me and Ronda can tell one day will be so awesome, and I think we have something… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I don't want it to be Sonya Deville, the gay wrestler. I want it to be Sonya Deville, the awesome performer who… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I've never dealt with really anything negative in the WWE as a whole, in the locker room, anything. — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I think WWE superstars and Divas are here to change lives. That's why they do what they do. They want to make… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
The Women's Evolution was just starting as I was getting into 'Tough Enough.' I've always had great role models coming in and… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I look up to and have learned a lot from the women before me. With that said, there has never been a woman in… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
From a very early age, I realized why I was put on this planet: to fight. — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I do feel pressure, but I put it on myself because I want to represent the LGBTQ community in a place where they've never… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I just think I'm very honest and I say how I feel. Some people like that about me. Some people hate that about me. — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
Sonya is the way she is for a reason and I love enlightening the fans on what those things are because so many people… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
It's not a good feeling to hide a huge part of your life. If you were meant to be somebody else, you'd be somebody… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
To force something that was not organic to who I am was tough on me, and so I can relate to all those girls… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
I've had tattoos since I was like 16, but if you would have asked the younger me to get a tattoo that symbolized my… — Sonya Deville Copy Share Image
