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.
AIMEE MULLINSI’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That’s the challenge:
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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.’
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I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness… their ‘disability.’
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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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Life is about making your own happiness – and living by your own rules.
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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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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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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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It is our humanity, and all the potential within it that makes us beautiful.
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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
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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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And I’m certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities.
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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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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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