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I wouldn’t change what happened to me because then I wouldn’t have this chance, in front of all of you, to embrace more people than I ever could have with two arms.

Bethany Hamilton

I don’t know how long I’ll be competing but I’ll always be surfing. I’ll be surfing until I’m old.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Competing Long Surfing
Your looks do not define who you are.
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Define Inspirational Looks
God has a lot more to give and to offer than the world has to give.
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Giving Offer World
I don’t want easy, just possible.
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Easy Inspirational Want
The paramedic whispered in my ear ‘God will never leave you or forsake you.’
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Ears God Inspirational Will
Doing everything with one arm, being well-known, and having a book and a movie, it’s fairly abnormal. As far as just not having to worry about past experiences, I’ve healed very well.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Book Past Worry
People can do whatever they want if they just set their heart to it, and just never give up, and just go out there and do it.
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Giving Inspirational Success
Learning how to deal with people and their reactions to my life is one of the most challenging things… people staring at me, people asking rude questions, dealing with media, stuff like that.
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Media People Rude
Losing an arm is kinda lame at one point, but at the same time, so much good has come out of it.
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Arms Lame Losing
I guess I just like to challenge myself and push myself harder to do things that I dont think I can, to do things that other people do not think I can. It pushes me. I push my own personal limits.
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Challenges People Thinking
Life is a lot like surfing… When you get caught in the impact zone, you’ve got to just get back up. Because you never know what may be over the next wave.
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Impact May Surfing
Besides surfing, I play tennis, volleyball, I swim, I run hills, or I do high-intensity, high-interval workouts. I’m up at 5 A.M. every day.
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Running Volleyball Workout
My belief is where I get my strength. When I’m struggling with something, I can go to him for help and I’m excited to share that.
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Belief Helping Struggle
I don’t need easy, I just need possible.
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Inspirational Positivity Strong Women
I enjoy hanging out with friends, going on hikes and playing tennis. I also enjoy Bible study and making dinners. I have a pretty mellow life away from the water.
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Dinner Tennis Water
The author describes how impressed she was with the detailed storyboards that outlined her movie – “not just sketches, but real art”. She then describes a Hawaiian sunset as, “God painting His storyboard on the sky”.
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Art Nature Real

I wouldn’t change what happened to me because then I wouldn’t have this chance, in front of all of you, to embrace more people than I ever could have with two arms.

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I wouldn’t change what happened to me because then I wouldn’t have this chance, in front of all of you, to embrace more people than I ever could have with two arms.

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