In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine.
AIMEE MULLINSThe only true disability is a crushed spirit
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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 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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Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the world ever thinking that I could be described by those definitions.
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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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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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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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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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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