A biography for Sonya Devillehasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I really want to utilize my MMA knowledge in my WWE performance.”
“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.”
“I am an entertainer and I am an athlete, and WWE is the biggest performance-based show in the world.”
“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 sexuality, I would have told you no, because that's how not okay I used to be with it.”
“Equality for all is what we should all want, between race, religion, gender, sexuality... it doesn't matter.”
“I love being able to share my story to help others relate or cope with their own stuff they have going on at home.”
“I think the ability and the knowledge to be able to defend yourself builds confidence. Also there's great gratification in the sweat and work you get from any combat training.”
“I have a theory that confidence comes from self-worth.”
“I had so much fun in the 'Tough Enough' barracks.”
“It's important to not have my sexuality define me.”
“Acting has been a passion of mine since I was young, I took acting classes through most of high school and years following while training MMA.”
“I love every minute of being inside that squared circle.”
“When I was 14 years old, I said, 'Mom, I want to fight MMA.'”
“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 really been represented that much, being the WWE and professional wrestling in general.”
“You can call WWE whatever you want, but at the end of the day, it's a fight and fighting is my specialty.”
“I didn't want it to feel like I was shoving my sexuality down people's throats.”
“I've always been athletic my entire life and loved sports.”
“Everyone has contributed to the Women's Evolution in their own way, and I hope that my message can just be it's okay to not look like the rest, it's okay to not fit in, it's okay to be yourself and be different.”
“We're all equal and we should treat each other as such.”