Sonya Deville Quotes

Sonya Deville

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : September 24, 1993

Equality for all is what we should all want, between race, religion, gender, sexuality... it doesn't matter.

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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.

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I'm an athlete. I'm a performer. Why the hell did I never think of combining the two?

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My first time being inside the Performance Center was for the WWE Tough Enough tryouts, and although I knew hardly anything about sports-entertainment, I knew I wanted to be a part of this place.

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Sonya Deville was originally supposed to be NJ Deville to help me keep my MMA nickname of 'The Jersey Devil' after debating back and forth we agreed on Sonya Deville.

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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.

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I'm a very passionate person. I'm Italian, it's in my blood so when I care about something, I get emotional.

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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.

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I really want to utilize my MMA knowledge in my WWE performance.

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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.

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I've always been athletic my entire life and loved sports.

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A good friend of mine, Maria Menounos, she's kind of like a mentor to me. She dabbled in WWE and pro wrestling, and she said 'This is the perfect opportunity for you.' Once I started doing my research about the competition and the company, I fell in love with WWE even more.

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I had so much fun in the 'Tough Enough' barracks.

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My MMA background, I think, only enhances my experience on 'Tough Enough' or in the WWE in general.

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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.

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I am an entertainer and I am an athlete, and WWE is the biggest performance-based show in the world.

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With any minority group, it takes a strong presence in the public eye to make a change because everything nowadays is social media.

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It's insane how many fans I have from the LGBTQ+ community. I would say the majority of my fanbase are young, gay women.

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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 else, so don't change who you are.

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From a very early age, I realized why I was put on this planet: to fight.

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