If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
AIMEE MULLINSIf you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
AIMEE MULLINSThe legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me – my mother’s side of the family have awful legs.
AIMEE MULLINSOur insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.
AIMEE MULLINSThe Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
AIMEE MULLINSWith L’Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.
AIMEE MULLINSWe 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.
AIMEE MULLINSGiving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
AIMEE MULLINSOur responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
AIMEE MULLINSI 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 MULLINSI’m not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.
AIMEE MULLINSI have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record.
AIMEE MULLINSPamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
AIMEE MULLINSSuccess isn’t winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can’t control all of them.
AIMEE MULLINSYou know, I think there are certain words like ‘illegitimate’ that should not be used to describe a person.
AIMEE MULLINSWhen I’m curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I’ve really explored it, I’m OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.
AIMEE MULLINSI 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.
AIMEE MULLINS