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Dylan Alcott

(1990) Basketball Player

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Dylan Alcott is a basketball player.

Quick Facts About Dylan Alcott

Born: December 4, 1990
Profession: Basketball Player

About Dylan Alcott

[Wikidata] Australian athlete in wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis... | [Wikipedia] Dylan Alcott, is an Australian former wheelchair tennis player, former wheelchair basketball player, radio host, actor, foundation founder, business owner and motivational speaker. Alcott was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team, known colloquially as the Australian "R

Quotes by Dylan Alcott · Page 3

When people are talking to someone with a disability, they worry about getting language wrong. So what do they do? They don't…

Disability

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I remember being a 17-year-old wheelchair basketballer at the Paralympics. I just wanted to beat everybody, but I also wanted to do…

Basketball

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People used to stare at me when I was growing up because I was in a wheelchair, and I hated it. Now…

Amazing

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Wimbledon was the last grand slam to get any wheelchair tennis in there at all. There was this idea that it was…

Enough

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I don't get out of bed every day to play to win a tennis tournament, I honestly don't. I do it because…

Change

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When I was a kid and I was getting bullied at school and I was really upset, I'd say, 'I don't know…

Bullied

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There are people out there with disabilities doing amazing things but unfortunately they don't get the chance to show off - they…

Amazing

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I was in Thailand with my first girlfriend, Chelsea, and this guy was hitting on her, and he tried to kiss her.…

Good looking

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I remember being at the Paralympics and I was listening to all my teammates speak and I've never felt more redundant in…

Life

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I can't tell you how much I struggled after the golden slam. I had actual depression. I hadn't seen my family -…

Depression

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The biggest thing is being really proud of my disability, which is kind of different. Most people don't want to talk about…

Always

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If I could take a magic pill that would mean I'm not in a wheelchair anymore, you couldn't pay me enough to…

Enough

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I love the Australian Open, but the mecca of tennis is Wimbledon. The Royals are there, everyone's in white. It's just so…

Australian

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My main purpose is to try in some way to change perceptions and stigma so that people with disabilities can get out…

Change

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One of the things I struggled with growing up was that that I never saw anyone like me on TV or in…

Accident

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For people like me with a disability, the unconscious bias is a lack of expectation of what you can do, negative perception,…

Bias

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I think you can do anything in this life whether you're in a wheelchair or not. I go to festivals, nightclubs, I…

I think

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I used to read GQ as a kid and there was no one looking like me in there. No one with a…

Looking

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When I turned on the TV or the radio, and flicked to the newspaper, I never saw anyone like me. That's what…

Loved

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As soon as you are comfortable with who you are, you start performing better, your life gets better, your relationships get better…

Better

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