Sonya Deville Quotes

When I look for roles, I am looking for incredibly powerful women.

It's awesome to see the evolution of the women's division in WWE.

Growing up, I looked up to major league baseball players, and now these young women have amazing, incredible women all across the board, from swimming to gymnastics to softball to basketball. It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

As a representative of women let my message be: Yes you can.

WWE is really focused on empowering the women.

I think that the potential of Total Divas and female athletes is that the sky is the limit. People want to know about these women, and in the WWE, we call it the Divas Revolution - it's a movement for women's empowerment.

For a long time, the women of WWE have been waiting for moments to break down barriers.

I grew up in a family of strong independent women.

I wanted to be a female like Chyna, who broke boundaries and did things that were really special.

In 'The White Princess,' the women are leading the story, and they're holding everything together. It's definitely a world of women's empowerment.

Where the women's division is now, if you had told me when I was there that women were gonna headline 'WrestleMania,' I would have said, 'Get out of here. That's never gonna happen.'

I remember, even when I started with WWE, it was a different ball game. There were all these restrictions and things we couldn't do, and now, it's really empowering to know we can do anything that we want and what the guys can do. It gives women the opportunity to show why we're more than divas and why we're WWE superstars.

The fire to inspire women and help them to blaze new paths fiercely burns inside of me.

You know, there's nothing damnable about being a strong woman. The world needs strong women. There are a lot of strong women you do not see who are guiding, helping, mothering strong men. They want to remain unseen. It's kind of nice to be able to play a strong woman who is seen.

It is incredible how far women have come and women in sports have come.

Women are capable of doing so many things these days, physically, emotionally, within relationships and career. There are so many things that women have evolved into and I feel really proud about where women are right now.

I certainly came up in an era where women were really making strides and making a point to beat down doors and find their place and crash through the glass ceiling.

Every woman inspires me.

Female success stories from sporting events like the Olympic Games have played a role in shifting the Indian perception to see the female athlete as a hero and a role model for young Indian girls.

I've had some very strong female role models, so I think that's an important thing.

I've always looked to other women for inspiration and kicks. When a woman stands up and does her thing, it never ceases to excite and inspire me.

I want to play positive role models - women who mean something to other women.

I do like strong women in my movies. I have five sisters, so I've just grown up with that model.

You need not go back four thousand years for heroines. The world is filled with them today. They do not belong to any nation, nor to any religion, nor exclusively to any race. Wherever woman is found, they are found.

It was just very interesting to me that certain types of women inspire people's imagination, and all of them were very difficult women.