Zelina Vega Quotes

Can you do inter-gender matches? Ronda Rousey and our match at Wrestlemania - sure, it can be done. Women don't need a man in their match to steal the show. They just need an equal platform and opportunity, and if the women have it, they will work just as hard, if not harder, than anybody else to steal that show.

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.

Being a part of the Women of Honor championship tournament is historical.

Women's sports is still in its infancy. The beginning of women's sports in the United States started in 1972, with the passage of Title 9 for girls to finally get athletic scholarships.

I think the Diva Search was a great way to find women who might have been intimidated to get into the WWE world on their own.

It feels like a whole other brand onto itself, and I know for the girls - and just speaking for myself - being at NXT has been such an amazing experienc, and I feel so accomplished here as wrestling as a woman and just showing fans that women can do it better than the men.

To see how far female wrestling has come is just inspiring and incredible.

I was so excited for my spot on the Mae Young Classic.

Triple H was one of the main proponents of women's wrestling.

Canada definitely has a strong program in women's boxing, and we're showing that women are capable, not just men.

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

I am so, so, so grateful that I am going to be a part of the first-ever Women's Royal Rumble.

Gender equality cannot be achieved by cutting programs that allow girls to get the same chance to compete, learn, and play. The United States has had a solid history of commitment to its female athletes and expanding opportunity for women, and it is imperative that we continue on this path.

The Women's Sports Foundation holds a unique position in developing opportunities for girls and women of all abilities to be active whether recreationally or competitively, and I'm excited to help lead the organization to impact even more lives. It is an honor to continue to build the legacy created by Billie Jean King and all of our leaders.

In the seventies we had to make it acceptable for people to accept girls and women as athletes. We had to make it okay for them to be active. Those were much scarier times for females in sports.

Growing up in the time of Title IX - it was passed when I was 10 - I got a front-row seat to so many great moments in women's sports. Of course I didn't know it at the time.

In recent generations, women's sports have been a blessing. Some of us can remember the bad old days in the '50s, when we would discover in casual schoolyard play that a girl could outrun most of us or hold her own in basketball or hit a softball - but there were no teams, no coaches, for girls.

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.

I'm a woman specialist now. I'm going around the world to challenge all the woman champions. England, France, Czechoslovakia, everywhere.

I have a great deal of respect for any women that will enter the world of little boys of sports.

I believe that athletes - especially female athletes in the world's leading sport for women - should serve as role models.

I think every woman on the roster wants to be at the main event for Wrestlemania. And if we ever get the opportunity to, it should be a match where every woman is involved.

The NXT women are changing the way women's wrestling is viewed. It's an inspiration to be able to watch.

Especially with the ladies' game, I have proved we can compete with all these men.

The women's national team is a very successful team, and that success has given us a platform to speak on gender equity issues. Millions of young women play soccer in this country, and it's empowering for them to see that our contribution to the game is valued.