People come up to me and say 'I wouldn't want to live if I was like you.' And I say 'Actually, my… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Come Copy Share Image
Every disabled person's experience is different. As a wheelchair user I can experience something different from someone who is visually impaired. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Experience Copy Share Image
I'm too much of a coward for plastic surgery, but if I could wave a magic wand and change something, it would… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Change Copy Share Image
When I was competing we were training 15 times a week. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Competing Copy Share Image
Twenty years in sport has given me a broad perspective on life, bringing me into contact with a variety of social issues,… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Come Copy Share Image
I remember trying to go to the cinema with my friends, so I must have been nine or 10, and being told… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Cinema Copy Share Image
Perhaps we need to redefine our idea of role models; they're not always elite athletes whose success might seem too distant or… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Elite Copy Share Image
Wheelchairs get lost or damaged during transit because some staff don't always understand how important the equipment is, or the cost of… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Always Copy Share Image
The reality for most athletes is that they have to deal with the wrath of the media only after they have performed,… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Media Copy Share Image
I have seen first hand the vital role that the physical activity sector - with its widespread workforce of coaches, youth workers,… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Childhood Copy Share Image
Despite hanging up my racing wheels over a decade ago, I still get a buzz when we enter an Olympic and Paralympic… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Hanging Copy Share Image
I've lost track of the amount of time I've been spoken down to, literally patted on the head. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Head Copy Share Image
At 70, my late father, Peter, underwent a foot amputation after surgical complications. There were suggestions that at his age being in… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Age Copy Share Image
My father was an architect and I grew up knowing more about planning regulations and the constraints of old buildings than most… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Architecture Copy Share Image
My political views are left of centre but I think there are a lot of advantages of being a cross-bencher because you… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Believe Copy Share Image
Down the years, people told me I'd never have a job, never do this or that and I just ignored them. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Ignored Copy Share Image
We must seek consensus across all political parties that obesity is a complex disease for which no single cause or cure exists. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Consensus Copy Share Image
Disability sport came about largely because of exclusion, because mainstream sport didn't want disabled people to be part of it. — Tanni Grey-Thompson About Copy Share Image
I had Carys by Caesarean for medical reasons. I've got narrow hips and I'm a bit twisted. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Got Copy Share Image
Most disabled people get used to a certain level of abuse. — Tanni Grey-Thompson Abuse Copy Share Image
I've been in races where from time to time I've been called upon to help a team-mate out, or vice versa. But… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Help Copy Share Image
People should have goals, and that doesn't have to be Paralympic goals or even high-profile stuff because actually most people don't want… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Better Copy Share Image
Carpets are the bane of a wheelchair user's life. One minute you are happily moving in a certain direction; the next, the… — Tanni Grey-Thompson Direction Copy Share Image
I love recycling but my husband, who's an industrial chemist, says we shouldn't use any of the products that require recycling. — Tanni Grey-Thompson I love Copy Share Image
