Occupation: Athlete Birth: November 22, 1986
The only disability in life is having a bad attitude.
Being disabled doesn't mean you have a disadvantage.
Out of the tens of thousands of prosthetic legs they've made, there's never been any 400-meter athletes run under 50 seconds. So, if this was such a ….
Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope that in London, their percept….
These have always been my legs. I train harder than other guys, eat better, sleep better and wake up thinking about athletics. I think that's probabl….
I wasn't happy with my performance at the World Championships in Daegu. I had an unbelievable race in the heats, but misjudged the semi and finished ….
Thank you to everyone that has made me the athlete I am! God, family and friends, my competitors and supporters! You have all had a hand!.
I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what g….
I grew up not really thinking I had a disability. I grew up thinking I had different shoes..
The more I accomplish, the more pressure I put on myself..
Being disabled doesn't have to be a disadvantage..
There is a big difference between being good and being great..
When you're competing, you don't have the choice of what the weather will be like. It really doesn't affect me. I ran one of my fastest times in the ….
I don't see myself as disabled. There's nothing I can't do that able-bodied athletes can do..
It's impossible to make everyone happy. Some will choose to see the negative. None is perfect but find a way of loving them perfectly!.
I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and ….
I have a strong sense that I have to educate people about disability..
I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to..
You don't call the witness a liar, not while he is in the witness box..
I have a phenomenal team behind me who have helped get me here and I, along with them, will now put everything we can into the final few weeks of pre….
Oscar Pistorius is on the cusp of a paradigm shift in which disability becomes ability, disadvantage becomes advantage. Yet we mustn't lose sight of ….