Walking the runway with Alexander McQueen, I really had to dig deep. You're with Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell. I was the… — 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… — 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… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
If you would ask me at 15 years old if I would have traded prosthetics for flesh and bone legs, I wouldn't… — 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… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
If you're an athlete and you completely focus on the body, you're missing other components. Similarly, if you're trying to broaden your… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is - before you go out, before you… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
The idea of prosthetics is a tool. Most people's cell phones are prosthetics. If you leave your cell phone at home, you… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
The flesh and bone leg is just beautiful. It's elegant. You know, when it's working, it's incredible. But if it's not working,… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
You know, I think there are certain words like 'illegitimate' that should not be used to describe a person. And certainly, we… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
I like it now when kids stare at me, because it is a way of starting a dialogue. And it is far… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
At some point in every person's life, you will need an assisted medical device - whether it's your glasses, your contacts, or… — Aimee Mullins Copy Share Image
'Triumph over tragedy' - how pathetic! I think people are generally freaked out that I'm multifaceted. You don't hear people saying, 'Gwyneth… — 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,… — 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
