I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
AIMEE MULLINSAdversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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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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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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I’ve had journalists asking me, ‘What do we call you – is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?’
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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Success 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.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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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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