True Beauty Is When Someone Radiates That

Half Of Hollywood Has More Prosthetic In Their Body Than I Do, But We Don't Think Of Them As Disabled. You Amputate Part Of A Nose, That's 'enhancement'. You Put A Prosthetic In A Breast Cavity, That's 'augmentation'. But You Amputate Part Of A Limb And Put A Prosthetic There, It's 'disability'?

Success Isn't Winning Every Time. A Lot Of Different Factors Go Into Every Race, And You Can't Control All Of Them. Success Means Doing As Excellent A Job As You Can On That Particular Day. The People I Admire Most Aren't Necessarily The Most Wonderful Athletes. I Admire The Ones Who Keep Coming Back And Doing It, Time After Time.

There’s An Important Difference And Distinction Between The Objective Medical Fact Of My Being An Amputee And The Subjective Societal Opinion Of Whether Or Not I’m Disabled. Truthfully, The Only Real And Consistent Disability I’ve Had To Confront Is The World Ever Thinking That I Could Be Described By Those Definitions.

A Lot Of My Life Is About Will - Having The Will To Prove What My Body Can Do.

The Idea Of Prosthetics Is A Tool. Most People's Cell Phones Are Prosthetics. If You Leave Your Cell Phone At Home, You Feel Impacted By Not Having It. It's An Important Part Of Your Daily Function And What You Can Do In A Day.