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 MULLINSIn athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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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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Adversity isn’t an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It’s part of our life.
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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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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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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 only true disability is a crushed spirit
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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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When I’m curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I’ve really explored it, I’m OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
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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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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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