Eve Torres Quotes

I think it's important that we try to showcase what we're about as women footballers.

This was something I always dreamed and wanted to be part of, when women's wrestling was freakin' cool, and now it is.

Training of female athletes is so new that the limits of female possibility are still unknown.

I think with the Mae Young Classic, bringing in 30 women from all over the world shows what an impact women have in the company.

I didn't want to walk into WWE and be someone who just does bikini matches and played second fiddle to the guys. I wanted to stand out, make people excited to see women's wrestling, and show them we can be better than the men.

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

Women have a voice; they're empowered, and they're heard.

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.

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

I don't care how many championships you've won or how many records you've broken - if you've had a hand in pushing forward not only a game but women in sport's movement, then I think that's pretty darn good.

I want to organize so that women see ourselves as people who are entitled to power, entitled to leadership.

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.

Now, I have always believed that women are not victims; we are agents of change, we are drivers of progress, we are makers of peace - all we need is a fighting chance.

Women have a choice where we have a president who has our back or one who turns his back.

I think a lot of us women feel like we deserve to play on the big courts in front of a big crowd as well.

It's important to have strong images of women out there, women who aren't afraid of expressing themselves, women who aren't afraid of taking chances, women who aren't afraid of their own power.

What should matter is whether I stand for female empowerment, and I don't think there are many women out there who have any doubts about that.

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.

Women's football will always be different from men's football, but that doesn't mean you cannot still appreciate it. OK, so it might be a bit slower than the men's game, but then League Two football is slower than the Champions League, and it doesn't stop people turning out to see their local teams.

The girls are working so hard to put female wrestling on the map and to make it as big as the men. To see it actually happening... I'm so grateful.

Women today are respected as athletes now and that's a really cool thing to see.

I personally think Beyonce's a strong feminist. What she's done in music and for women is unprecedented. I love her. She definitely makes me feel like more of a woman.

We're changing the way people are going to look at wrestling, women's wrestling, forever. Forever. And we're at the start of it? That's unbelievable. That's unbelievable! Unbelievable.

In the age of millennials, women's rights, and female empowerment, I hope my voice helps to encourage the next generation of great female athletes and golfers to possibly stop social injustices and prejudices from creeping into the game that I fell in love with at such a young age.

I tip my hat to the long list of girls that have really taken wrestling up a notch.