Athlete Quote by Jean Driscoll

“We were stereotyped the way many athletes with disabilities or illnesses are, particularly in participatory sports such as biking, running, and triathlon. After a…

— Phil Southerland

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 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

Disability sport came about largely because of exclusion, because mainstream sport didn't want disabled people to be part of it.

— Tanni Grey-Thompson

…What I learned was that these athletes were not disabled, they were superabled. The Olympics is where heroes are made. The Paralympics is where…

— Joey Reiman

I don't see many people as heroes and, though I love sport, I believe athletes rarely deserve that praise.

— Giles Duley

Athletes these days are too robotic. People like to see performances filled with emotion. In my career I tried to be amusing, to differentiate…

— Daley Thompson

Just because we are in wheelchairs doesn't mean we can't play a fast-paced, full-contact sport.

— Mark Zupan

Paralympic sport and other disability sport can and should be celebrated in its own right.

— Stella Young

More people need to be proud of their disability instead of shying away from it, because as soon as I became proud of it,…

— Dylan Alcott

When I first began competing, brands were quite hesitant to feature disabled athletes in advertisements, perhaps due to a fear of offending consumers.

— Jessica Long

I thought my sports career was over once I got into a wheelchair. That was the hardest reality I had to face.

— Victoria Arlen