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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

Dylan Alcott is an Australian former wheelchair tennis and basketball player who also works as a radio host, actor, foundation founder, business owner and motivational speaker. He was a member of the Australia men's national wheelchair basketball team.

Quotes by Dylan Alcott · Page 2

The social aspect of sport, meeting people like me, changed my life.

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When I started being authentically me, everything started to change. Everyone thinks we've got to be someone we're not, but we don't.

Being

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My purpose is changing perceptions so people with disability, people like me can get out there and live the lives that they…

Disability

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I wear a lot of black, mate, I'm from Melbourne. It's cool to wear black, isn't it?

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As a kid with disability, if you told me anybody in a wheelchair, let alone myself, would be Australian of the Year…

Alone

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I was born with my disability and my early teenage years I actually hated having a disability. It was really tough for…

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The only expectation I can have is to be the best version of myself every time I go on the court.

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Women can have such a great impact in business - especially women with a disability.

Business

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I've got full faith in the Australian public that they'll get behind athletes with a disability - and not just to get…

Athletes

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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People with disability have always been viewed as second-class citizens compared to non-disabled people. It's just an unconscious bias that people have.

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I want to be a big mainstay in the media and want to do more acting. I'd also love my own talk…

Acting

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I missed years of birthdays, celebrations and simple moments, so I'm enjoying being able to be more present, now I'm a washed-up…

Being

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I was really embarrassed about the fact that I had a disability. It was rough and tough like leather.

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We have the best Paralympic sport in the world because of the integration with the able-bodied tour.

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I felt like a burden on society, a burden on my parents, a burden on my brother.

Brother

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Well, I call the Olympic Games the crappy warm ups for the Paralympic Games, right? Once every four years people with disability…

Olympic

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A bill that protects some people from discrimination but indirectly discriminates another group is a crap bill. It needs to go in…

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I got bullied because of my disability, I used to get called a cripple or a spastic everywhere I went.

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Sport has really given me that platform and I love it, but now that I've got that I want to do it…

Disability

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It's interesting, I don't really think too much about being a role model or leaving a legacy or whatever. It's just not…

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It's been the most important thing to me, is to be a good person first, tennis comes second.

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Some people want a job, for sure, but do you know what else some people want? They want a career. They want…

Career

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Growing up, I never saw anyone like me on TV, so I was honoured to win a Logie, but it's definitely not…

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There's so much policy made on behalf of people with disability. You know, not inclusive of us. And that's not good enough.

Disability

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I get so many great opportunities to lift the representation of disabled people and I try to take them all.

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Starlight Foundation gave me a wish to go away for a trip, which was really amazing at the time, and Variety Children's…

Amazing

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The last song I listen to before every match is 'Protect Ya Neck,' always has been.

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When people have significant risks, that's when their needs for more protection comes into play.

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I get sent a lot of stuff about stem cell research but I've never bothered with it because I'm happy with how…

Cell research

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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…

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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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I don't want to play able-body tennis. I don't want to go to the Olympics. I don't want to be out there…

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People (20) Disability (20) Wheelchair (12) Tennis (12) Love (12) Life (10)