The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body’s normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.
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.
More Aimee Mullins Quotes
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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’ve said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part.
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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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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that’s not the case.
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When 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.
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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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I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.
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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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Adversity is just change that we haven’t adapted ourselves to yet.
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The only true disability is a crushed spirit
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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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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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Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
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At 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.
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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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For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn’t grow up being told that I was a disabled child.
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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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I feel that I’ve lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
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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 admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.
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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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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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We 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.
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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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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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If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
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