It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
AIMEE MULLINSIf 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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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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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At some point in every person’s life, you will need an assisted medical device – whether it’s your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.
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I hate the words ‘handicapped’ and ‘disabled’. They imply that you are less than whole. I don’t see myself that way at all.
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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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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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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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I haven’t had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you want to be.
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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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