If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
AIMEE MULLINSThe Pentagon isn’t a place that champions individuality and innovation.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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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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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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
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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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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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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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A lot of my life is about will – having the will to prove what my body can do.
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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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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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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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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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Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
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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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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’
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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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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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It’s society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.
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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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Sure, I’d love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
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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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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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Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true.
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It’s hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I’m on stilts!
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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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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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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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