Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
AIMEE MULLINSAn 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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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You amputate part of a nose, that’s ‘enhancement’. You put a prosthetic in a breast cavity, that’s ‘augmentation’. But you amputate part of a limb and put a prosthetic there, it’s ‘disability’?
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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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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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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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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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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And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.
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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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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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