There’s an important difference and distinction between the objective medical fact of my being an amputee and the subjective societal opinion of whether or not I’m disabled. Truthfully, the only real and consistent disability I’ve had to confront is the… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
I have found great power in taking my 'difference' out for a spin in a very public way. And usually, the worst, most personally embarrassing thing you imagine in your mind is often not anywhere near as bad in real… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled. — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
Kids are naturally curious about what they don't know, or don't understand, or what is foreign to them. They only learn to be frightened… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
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. — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
I haven't had an easy life, but at some point ,you have to take responsibility for yourself and shape who it is that you… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
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… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be written about as a human-interest story. I didn't want to be a passing thing. You know, now we move… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
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. — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
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… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
A lot of my life is about will - having the will to prove what my body can do. — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
My varying pairs of legs can be quite practical or quite impractical, and I don't judge them either way. Some are for getting around… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
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… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
