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.
AIMEE MULLINSSuccess 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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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 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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You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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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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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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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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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled.
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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.
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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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