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.
AIMEE MULLINSAdversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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 don’t know what it’s like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.
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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people’s cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home.
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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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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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I’m not running around as a continual ray of sunshine. It’s just I don’t believe in wasting time feeling sorry for myself. Get over it.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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It’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
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