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" When I was 12, I was living in Iowa, and I emailed so many wrestling schools, and one of them was actually in Boston. I joined it at 18 - the New England Pro Wrestling Academy. They were doing a fantasy camp. I was 17 about to turn 18. I told my mom, 'I'm 18 now. I just signed these papers by myself, and I'm going to do this.' "

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" When I was in the indies, the guys would be like, 'Ugh, a women's match. I'm not gonna watch that.' And to come back here, at every single Live Event to have a guy come up to you and say, 'That was amazing,' I feel so accomplished. "

Sasha Banks

Live

Feel

Women

" I went from two-minute matches when I started with NXT to eight, to 10, to 12. "

" After a pay per view, I know there is TV the next day. But after Raw, I like to eat bad. I can have some pizza, French fries, a burger, live it up, a glass of wine - red, of course. "

" When you have little girls bringing you your action figures for you to sign, it's like, 'Wow, things are happening, and dreams do come true.' "

" For me, I've always told myself, 'I can only do me in the ring.' When I go out there and perform, I can only do what Sasha Banks can do. "

Sasha Banks

Ring

Myself

" The Boss doesn't need friends, but the ones I do have, I keep very close. "

" We are at a point now where people respect us and respect our work - the guys want to sit down and watch women's matches. "

" I told everyone that I was going to be a pro wrestler ever since I was 10 years old, and now I can show them that I did it. "

" I know that at 'NXT TakeOver' and the fatal four-way, we'll definitely have people saying, 'Oh my God, those were not Divas; those were superstars right there.' "

Sasha Banks

Saying

Right

" Back in the day when I started on the independent scene, guys would not watch women's matches, and if they did, they would do it to make fun of us. "

" I was born in California and moved around a lot. When I was 17, I moved to Boston because my mom got a job there. The moment I went to Boston, everything just felt right and fell into place on how I wanted it to be. "

" 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. "

" First-ever woman to have an iron-man match. It's been such a long time, to be the second woman ever to main event a Raw. "

" From my mom telling me 'no' to now telling everyone I'm the champion, and she's so proud of me, and to prove to a lot of people - who didn't believe in me, who didn't think I was going to be here - that I'm here, and I did it. It's been a roller coaster of emotions; it's amazing. "

" I would absolutely love to wrestle Sami Zayn because he's absolutely one of my favorites to watch. I think me and his style would just work. That would definitely be a dream match of mine. "

" I used to work at a hotel. I was the order-taker for room service. My mom worked at the hotel as an accountant. "

" My mom was like, 'What did I do as a mom for you to want to become a wrestler?' They just didn't understand, and it's really hard to explain what made me love wrestling so much. There's something about it that made me fall in love, and ever since I laid my eyes on it, I knew I wanted to be a professional wrestler in the WWE. "

Sasha Banks

Love

Fall

" I just remember that when I started at NXT, I had no character. I had nothing. I was just so excited to be here and just to be a wrestler. "

" The Divas Revolution didn't have the great start that I wanted it to have, but through time, it has got to where I want it to be, starting with the Triple Threat Match at Wrestle Mania. Our faces were in the middle of the stadium, which proves we are getting equal opportunities. "

" I was in the independent scene for two years before I got the call from the WWE. "

" It's really cool, the opportunities that NXT brings. Who would ever thought that Jushin Liger would be in this company, Samoa Joe, Sami Zayn? It's crazy. Man, I don't know, bring anybody. I want to wrestle with everybody. Even I want to wrestle Jushin Liger, so I'm jealous. "

" Patience is key. You can't get selfish, and that's the number one thing I've learned at WWE. The world continues to go round, and I just knew - given the right opportunity and the right moment - that the world would know I was good, but now the world knows that I'm great. "

" I call Boston home because it's where I started coming into my own. "

" To me, my dream is just to have it all. I would love to be the first woman to have a ladder match, the first woman to have a Money in the Bank match. That's just a dream of mine, but that's such a far dream that who knows if that's going to happen? "

" I always try to outdo the guys. It doesn't matter who you are. Even Sami Zayn - I want to have a better match than Sami Zayn, and he is absolutely incredible. I knew at a very young age that I wanted to change the definition of what it is to be a Diva and what it is to be a woman's wrestler. "

" It's really cool to see how many people try to imitate me or wear my stuff. I get a lot of Instagram videos of people doing my entrance. I think that's so cool. To see the variety of people, little girls, guys, doing it. I never really thought that would happen. It's amazing. "

Sasha Banks

People

Cool

" For me, I got to start at FCW and see it turn into NXT, and I remember going to house shows, and there were legit ten fans in the crowd. Now, every weekend where we have a show, there are 300-plus people. "

Sasha Banks

People

Remember

" I remember looking up wrestling schools at the age of 10, and I emailed so many people. The responses were that I had to be 16 or 18 to train, and that was a bummer. "

" I've always known that I wanted to be different. I wanted to stand out, so my gear is very elaborate, very blingy, very loud, because I want people to notice me, want to look like me. The Boss necklace, the ring. I want everything big. "

Sasha Banks

Be Different

Stand

" Eddie Guerrero is my number one. He is the reason I am in the WWE - I wanted to be the female version of him. "

Sasha Banks

WWE

Him