Basketball Quote by Dylan Alcott

I was a volleyball player. After the accident, I played the sport in a wheelchair but never liked it. I wanted to live my…

— Arunima Sinha

I had an opportunity for the Paralympics for track and field.

— Madison Cawthorn

I wouldn't have had a sporting career if it hadn't been for the volunteers who agreed to coach me, as a teenager, growing up…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

I wanted to perform well for my mom and dad, because in high school, I didn't have a job. My brothers, they worked at…

— Junior Seau

Having sport allowed me to forget about the ups and downs of my condition and think about a set goal, which was to become…

— Kadeena Cox

Before, I did a lot of things. I played soccer, skateboard. But after my dad passed, I was straight to basketball.

— Dennis Schroder

Initially it was a journey about one girl who wanted to go to the Paralympics but over the two years it has become something…

— Kadeena Cox

In high school and college, I was an athlete.

— David Duchovny

I wanted to have a career in sports when I was young, but I had to give up the idea. I'm only six feet…

— Jay Leno

I had the world against me. I was told I shouldn't be doing sport and that I wouldn't go to the Paralympics. I've had…

— Kadeena Cox

I first competed for Great Britain in wheelchair racing in 1987 and for twenty years after that. For me, the passion came from the…

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

I never in a million years thought I would be able to be a Paralympic athlete.

— Oksana Masters