When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
AIMEE MULLINSSuccess means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren’t necessarily the most wonderful athletes.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
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I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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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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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being…that is the true glory of sport.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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We all bullet point our triumphs, but I am who I am because of everything you don’t see on my CV. The stuff that doesn’t work out teaches you how to trust your instincts and adapt.
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