I don't see myself as disabled. There's nothing I can't do that able-bodied athletes can do.
Interpretation
This quote emphasizes the determination and capabilities of individuals with disabilities, asserting that they can achieve what anyone else can.
Oscar Pistorius expresses a powerful perspective on disability, rejecting limitations that society often imposes. He emphasizes that one's identity should not be defined by physical challenges but rather by one's abilities and potential, highlighting a courageous spirit that transcends societal perceptions of disability.
In practice
In a motivational speech about overcoming obstacles, one could use this quote to inspire individuals facing challenges.
There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everyone go along to get along, but that’s not going to be very helpful for us in the long run in terms of solving our problems, and someone has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to the bullies.
When you're faced with something for the first time, and if you're scared to death of that, you might want to reconcile your life beforehand.
They forbade me from flying, despite all my protests and arguments. After being once in space, I was desperately keen to go back there. But it didn't happen.
I will not yield to any man contrary to what is right, for fear of death, even if I should die at once for not yielding.
It could achieve a lot if everyone in Burma could stop saying something is good if it is not good, or say something is just if it is not just.
Though essaying but a sportive sail, I was driven from my course by a blast re sistless; and ill-provided, young, and bowed by the brunt of things before my prime, still fly before the gale. ... If after all these fearful fainting trances, the verdict be, the golden haven was not gained; yet in bold quest thereof, better to sink in boundless deeps than float on vulgar shoals; and give me, ye gods, an utter wreck, if wreck I do.
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