Really Quote by Jessica Long Download Open image “There was a time in 2008 where no one really wanted to talk to the Paralympic athletes.” — Jessica Long ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.8 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Really Talk Time Wanted Where
Nobody is on the Paralympic Team until three months before those games. — Heather Mills Copy Share Image
I don't think you can only have people with disability talking about the Paralympics. Clare Balding didn't need to be disabled to cover it. — Josh Widdicombe Copy Share Image
The Paralympics have for too long been considered the poor cousin of the Olympics. It's always run after the main games and rarely gets… — Stella Young Copy Share Image
It's really exciting to get the Paralympic sport out there and inspire the next generation - I remember watching the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games… — Ellie Simmonds Copy Share Image
Overall, I believe there has been a significant shift in the acceptance and appreciation of Paralympic athletes, but we still have a long way… — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
When I auditioned to be a reporter for Channel 4's Paralympic coverage I was wary because there weren't any disabled people on TV, and… — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
Well, I call the Olympic Games the crappy warm ups for the Paralympic Games, right? Once every four years people with disability are the… — Dylan Alcott Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
That's really what the Paralympics is about: these amazing athletes and this technology that's allowing them to reach their full potential. — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
The Paralympics will grip audiences and the public will get used to seeing disabled people. They will see that they are just the same… — Alex Brooker Copy Share Image
…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 Copy Share Image
There was a time I used to focus on just being skinny, and now I really think about how can I be strong. — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
Each year the excitement and the build-up for the Paralympics Games has grown more and more. — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
I have trained so so hard to be where I am at - I train with Olympic athletes and if I'm struggling to get to the top then there is something wrong. — Jessica Long Copy Share
There was so much pain. Every time I grew, I had to go back in for a surgery. And I remember just being really,… — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
Everyone had a loss or lost something during COVID. I allowed myself to take long baths, watch cheesy movies, and just tried to slow… — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
In 2018 I really hurt my back, my lower back, and it's been a couple of years where we finally found out that I… — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
I'd love to see the 200s, the 50s, the 400 IM. I would do so many events. — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
I think here in the U.S., we have a hard time accepting disabilities. That's why I think it's really good to share and let… — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
Swimming forced me to deal with the things I wanted to escape. It helped me work through a lot of feelings and frustrations, because… — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
The idea that I got to be on a team with Trischa Zorn - as a 12-year-old - is wild to me. — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
Putting on shoes with my prosthetic legs is still hard for me, but at the end of the day, I'm just putting on really… — Jessica Long Copy Share Image
It's really fun and challenging to build things that have never been built before. — Hilary Mason Copy Share Image
When I was trying to come up with a stage name, I thought 'Lord' was super rad, but really masculine - ever since I… — Lorde Copy Share Image
My favorite galaxy of all is called the Sombrero, NGC 4594. It's an amazing galaxy that is really two galaxies in one. — Sandra Faber Copy Share Image
I gave my archive to Emory University because there's a really dear friend who teaches there, Rudolph Byrd, and he's the editor. — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
I have really good lateral movement. I've always had quick lateral movement. — Austin Rivers Copy Share Image
My only close-to-game-plan is to follow good writing. If the writing is in TV or if it's in theater or in film, that's it.… — Adam Driver Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
That's one of my idols, I really look up to Pacquiao. This guy is everything I would want to be. — Ryan Garcia Copy Share Image
Well, I've been politically involved for a really long time. Growing up in the segregated South, it was a very painful experience for me… — Cybill Shepherd Copy Share Image
I used to be afraid of my temper, but it turns out I don't really have one. — Zoe Bell Copy Share Image
I was in high school and I had an independent album out, and we kept sending that out, and I was doing shows. No… — Tyler Hilton Copy Share Image
My mom had very low expectations for me, and she really had a point. I was a big problem at seventeen. If I had… — Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu Copy Share Image
