Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
AIMEE MULLINSBelief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn’t grow up being told that I was a disabled child.
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Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
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I have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
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When I’m curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I’ve really explored it, I’m OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
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Success isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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