I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
AIMEE MULLINSAn 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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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You feel impacted by not having it. It’s an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.
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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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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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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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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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Adversity 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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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