You know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
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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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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When I watch Mad Men and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now,
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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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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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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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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can’t possibly speak for a diverse group of people.
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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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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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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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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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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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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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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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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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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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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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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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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Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I’ve been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
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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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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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