I believe that challenges can push us beyond what we might otherwise be able to accomplish.

- Jim Abbott

People will tell you that I overcame obstacles? Maybe. But the truth is I was incredibly blessed in my life. More was given than was ever taken away.

- Jim Abbott

If you keep harping on a disability, then you'll start believing there is one. So I don't.

- Jim Abbott

It's not the disability that defines you; it's how you deal with the challenges the disability presents you with.

- Jim Abbott

There are times when you're tired and times when you don't believe in yourself. That's when you have to stick it out and draw on the confidence that …

- Jim Abbott

Find something you love, and go after it, with all of your heart.

- Jim Abbott

My advice is that you go and do something that you are really driven to do. I loved to play baseball and, because I loved it, I practiced it. Some of…

- Jim Abbott

Never allow the circumstances of your life to become an excuse. People will allow you to do it. But I believe we have a personal obligation to make t…

- Jim Abbott

I hope what people learned from watching me is that just because you do things a little differently doesn't mean you can't do them just as well.

- Jim Abbott