Able Quote by Erik Weihenmayer

Success is not just the crowning moment, the spiking of the ball in the end zone or the raising of the flag on the…

— Erik Weihenmayer

It's kind of too movie-like to say, "When I started climbing, I knew I wanted to climb Everest some day." Instead, I just started…

— Erik Weihenmayer

The key is to really have tremendously high expectations and to teach kids how to be self sufficient and confident and give them the…

— Erik Weihenmayer

Society imposes low expectations of those who have disabilities”

— Erik Weihenmayer

Maybe people, maybe the world writes things off as impossible a little too quickly, when they really aren't - when they just haven't reached…

— Erik Weihenmayer

When I went blind at 13, I realized that I wasn't going to be a good baseball or basketball player like I enjoyed before.…

— Erik Weihenmayer

There is a very blurry line between the things we can't do and the things that we can.

— Erik Weihenmayer

Confidence without skill is just emptiness.

— Erik Weihenmayer

I decided to become a teacher because I thought it would be a great career where I could wear different hats. You're an academic…

— Erik Weihenmayer

People have the inner resources to become anything they want to be. Challenge just becomes the vehicle for tapping into those inner resources.

— Erik Weihenmayer

You don't just deal with adversity. You use it to propel you forward.

— Erik Weihenmayer

You can't have self confidence without some real skills that enable you to be successful.

— Erik Weihenmayer