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.
AIMEE MULLINSIt’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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.
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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 admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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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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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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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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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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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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is – before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful – do whatever makes you feel confident.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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