I said, ‘Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I’m a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.’
AIMEE MULLINSAt 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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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I’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
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The Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
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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 admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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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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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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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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It’s about alleviating stress and controlling breathing. It’s about being balanced.
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I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.
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