Aimee Mullins
Aimee Mullins
Aimee Mullinsis an American athlete, actress, and fashion model who first became famous for her athletic accomplishments. She was born with a medical condition that resulted in the amputation of both of her lower legs...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionModel
Date of Birth20 July 1976
CityAllentown, PA
CountryUnited States of America
body disabled prosthetics
Pamela Anderson has more prosthetic in her body than I do. Nobody calls her disabled.
hate way handicapped
I hate the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. They imply that you are less than whole. I don't see myself that way at all.
issues people groups
I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me. You can't possibly speak for a diverse group of people. I don't know what it's like to be an arm amputee, or have even one flesh-and-bone leg, or to have cerebral palsy.
inner-beauty true-beauty
True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves.
children achieve devices
If left to their own devices a child will achieve.
growing-up children community
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.
mean self personality
Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.
giving-up get-better roller-coaster
Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true. Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I've been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.
attitude men mad
When I watch 'Mad Men' and I see the patronising attitudes to women that are so shocking for all of us to watch now, I feel that I've lived and see the same evolution in this regard around disability.
self doubt may
Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in.
body life-is prove
A lot of my life is about will - having the will to prove what my body can do.
adversity responsibility care
Our responsibility is not simply shielding those we care for from adversity but preparing them to meet it well.
softball sports motivation
Everyone is really afraid of getting out there and not being good. That's the challenge: To be afraid and know people are staring at you and know you might not do all that well, but you do it anyway. What singles out the successful athlete from the ones who never make it past a plateau, it that successful athletes risk failure, even though they are terrified.
sports athlete body
The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body's normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.