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.
AIMEE MULLINSConfidence is the sexiest thing a woman can have. It’s much sexier than any body part.
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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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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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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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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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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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’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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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.’
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With L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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 Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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 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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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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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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.
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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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