Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Pistorius
Oscar Leonard Carl Pistorius OIBis a South African sprint runner and convicted murderer. Both of Pistorius' legs were amputated below the knee when he was 11 months old. He was the first athlete to compete at the Paralympic Games and Olympic Games, competing in sprint events for below-knee amputees in Paralympic events, and in non-disabled sprint events...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionRunner
Date of Birth22 November 1986
CitySandton, South Africa
sports hard-work pieces
I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.
pressure accomplish
The more I accomplish, the more pressure I put on myself.
running dream race
I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.
running people would-be
If the legs did provide such an advantage that some of the people are claiming they did, then there would be a lot more amputees using the exact same prosthetic legs I have, running the exact same times I have - and that's not the case.
brother sorry nice
My parents didn't give me any scope to feel sorry for myself. They were just like 'go play with your brother, go climb a tree, go fall off your motorbike, do whatever you want. Don't come crying to us when you get scratched. You've got prosthetic legs - that's very nice.
thank-you athlete hands
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!
sleep thinking guy
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 probably why I'm a bit of an exception.
home night shots
I've been followed home late at night. I've been shot at on the highway.
mistake tired im-tired
I made the mistakes not because I'm tired.
mean disadvantages disabled
Being disabled doesn't mean you have a disadvantage
differences bigs be-good
There is a big difference between being good and being great.
inspiration years two
Rio in four years; I've got more inspiration in the last two, three weeks. I'm sure I'm going to get more in the Paralympics in the next coming weeks, so by the end of this season, I'm going to take a month off, and then the next four years is going to be good.
disadvantages disabled
Being disabled doesn't have to be a disadvantage.
heart athlete technology
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 what makes an athlete great. It's too easy to credit Pistorius' success to technology. Through birth or circumstance, some are given certain gifts, but it's what one does with those gifts, the hours devoted to training, the desire to be the best, that is at the true heart of a champion.