Sonya Deville Quotes

Sonya Deville

Profession : Wrestler

Birth : September 24, 1993

When I was 14 years old, I said, 'Mom, I want to fight MMA.'

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I grew up riding quads, shooting guns and playing sports.

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I love Daniel Bryan. He's such a sweetheart.

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I just, I was in such denial within myself for the longest time, just because of the place I grew up in. Like, it wasn't common. I didn't know anybody that was gay. I think I had one gay friend in high school and she never even, like, came out. It was just, like, we all just knew.

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I think I was more just not comfortable with saying it. I was also in denial. I was like, 'I'm not gay, am I?' Cause I think, also the fact that I didn't fit the stereotypical mold of what a lesbian is supposed to be or act, I was just this girl that nobody would have expected.

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My friend's mom said to me, 'honey, I think you're gay.' And I go, 'yeah, I am.' As soon as someone vocalized it to me, gave me permission. I was like, 'yes, yes, yeah!'

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I feel like the story me and Ronda can tell one day will be so awesome, and I think we have something special here. I think that it's going to be an honor and a privilege to work in the ring with her. That's the biggest compliment, is that Ronda Rousey - she's done a lot in her life. She's accomplished a lot.

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As much as we don't like to admit it sometimes, we are the influencers.

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Everything is social media nowadays, everything is sports and entertainment.

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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.

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We're all equal and we should treat each other as such.

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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.

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You can call WWE whatever you want, but at the end of the day, it's a fight and fighting is my specialty.

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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.

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My life is amazing. I get paid to hurt people.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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I didn't want it to feel like I was shoving my sexuality down people's throats.

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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.

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