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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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Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.

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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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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.

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True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.

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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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Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.

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People presume my disability has to do with being an amputee, but that's not the case; our insecurities are our disabilities, and I struggle with those as does everyone.

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If left to their own devices a child will achieve.

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Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That's the challenge: To be afraid and know people are staring at you and know you might not do all that well, but you do it anyway. What singles out the successful athlete from the ones who never make it past a plateau, it that successful athletes risk failure, even though they are terrified.

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Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.

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It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.

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Sure, I'd love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.

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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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Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.

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In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It's not 'if;' it's 'how.'

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In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don't turn me into a tragic heroine.

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The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people's cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home, you feel impacted by not having it. It's an important part of your daily function and what you can do in a day.

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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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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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