Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
AIMEE MULLINSEveryone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
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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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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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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 think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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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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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 don’t know what it’s like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.
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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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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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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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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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Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don’t think of them as disabled.
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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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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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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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I’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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