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 just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I'm a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.'
An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human … - Aimee Mullins
An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human …
- Aimee Mullins
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… - Aimee Mullins
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…
Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life. - Aimee Mullins
Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.
Sure, I'd love to have children some day. But world domination comes first. - Aimee Mullins
Sure, I'd love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.
It's hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I'm on stilts! - Aimee Mullins
It's hard enough for women to walk on high heels. And I'm on stilts!
If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we… - Aimee Mullins
If we want to discover the full potential in our humanity, we need to celebrate those heartbreaking strengths and those glorious disabilities that we…
If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience. - Aimee Mullins
If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.
Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well. - Aimee Mullins
Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules. - Aimee Mullins
Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.
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