Sonya Deville Quotes:
Equality for all is what we should all want, between race, religion, gender, sexuality… it doesn’t matter.
Sonya Deville
We’re all equal and we should treat each other as such.
Sonya Deville
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
My goal in talking about my sexuality publicly is just so that a scared little girl or little boy can see me do it and think, ‘wow, if she did it, then maybe it’s OK that I do it.’ It’s to encourage people to be themselves.
Sonya Deville
I want the women’s division to have that legitimacy, I want it to have that intensity and the aggressiveness, and I feel like that’s where I personally can contribute.
Sonya Deville
I live for the pressure, I live for the moments when I’m deep in the match, out of breath, hurt and feel like throwing up. It’s in those moments that I push through, I keep punching, I keep going forward, because no matter what, I will never stop.
Sonya Deville
Everything is social media nowadays, everything is sports and entertainment.
Sonya Deville
I look up to and have learned a lot from the women before me. With that said, there has never been a woman in this ring with the experience that I have in fighting.
Sonya Deville
My life is amazing. I get paid to hurt people.
Sonya Deville
I was afraid of Sonya being defined by her sexuality because that’s not fair to her. I don’t want Sonya to be defined by who she loves.
Sonya Deville
Being a part of the LGBTQ community myself, it’s another passion of mine to let my fan base know that I represent another demographic in the WWE.
Sonya Deville
I think back to when I was in high school, to 17-year old Daria, who was dating guys and thought that that was the only way of life. I was very confused, and it was definitely manifesting itself in other parts of my life that were unhealthy.
Sonya Deville
To force something that was not organic to who I am was tough on me, and so I can relate to all those girls and guys out there going through the same thing.
Sonya Deville
I didn’t want it to feel like I was shoving my sexuality down people’s throats.
Sonya Deville
Let’s just say my phone blew up when I came out on global television. The only people that knew were my immediate family members and my closest friends, maybe like three of them. So you can imagine how many texts and emails and Facebook messages that I got after coming out, most of which were very supportive from the LGBT community.
Sonya Deville
Being a lifelong athlete, I am a firm believer that I am who I am today because of sports. Not only did it give me structure and a solid foundation, but it gave me a sense of failure and how to overcome failure.
Sonya Deville
I’m a very passionate person. I’m Italian, it’s in my blood so when I care about something, I get emotional.
Sonya Deville
I started training at a local gym in New Jersey, and the day of my high school graduation, I packed up everything in my car and moved to Coconut Creek, Florida, where I trained with one of the best gyms in the world, American Top Team.
Sonya Deville
I think WWE superstars and Divas are here to change lives. That’s why they do what they do. They want to make an impact on the world.
Sonya Deville