Success isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
AIMEE MULLINSIf you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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 had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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You amputate part of a nose, that’s ‘enhancement’. You put a prosthetic in a breast cavity, that’s ‘augmentation’. But you amputate part of a limb and put a prosthetic there, it’s ‘disability’?
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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 about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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