For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn't grow up being told that I was a disabled child..

True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves..

I've had journalists asking me, 'What do we call you - is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?' I said, 'Well hopefully you could….

Success isn't winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can't control all of them. Success means doing as excelle….

It's hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I'm on stilts!.

Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life..

It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled..

It's society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and v….

If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we….

Half of Hollywood has more prosthetic in their body than I do, but we don't think of them as disabled. You amputate part of a nose, that's 'enhanceme….

I like that Pilates compromises the mind and body. It's not just about being able to run around the block a few times. It's about alleviating stress ….

Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence..

The only true disability is a crushed spirit.

An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human ….

Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well..

Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet..

If left to their own devices a child will achieve..

I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness... their 'disability.' And I'm certain we all have one, because….

The Pentagon isn't a place that champions individuality and innovation..

I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be..

If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience..