I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
AIMEE MULLINSSuccess isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
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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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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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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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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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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I haven’t had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be.
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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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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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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me – my mother’s side of the family have awful legs.
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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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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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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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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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If it’s putting on a great dance record and rocking out in your apartment, do it. If kissing someone for 10 minutes makes you feel confident, do it.
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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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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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Confidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we all have.
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