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.
AIMEE MULLINSIn sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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It’s an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it’s very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.
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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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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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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It’s not just about being able to run around the block a few times.
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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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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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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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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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