Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
AIMEE MULLINSGiving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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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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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Our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
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I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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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’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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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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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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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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