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.
AIMEE MULLINSThe only true disability is a crushed spirit
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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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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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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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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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 have no time for moaners. I like to chase my dreams and surround myself with other people who are chasing their dreams, too.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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