My varying pairs of legs can be quite practical or quite impractical, and I don’t judge them either way. Some are for getting around a 12-hour day, pounding the pavement, and some are to feel like I can transform my own body into a workable, changing piece of art. Aimee Mullins Read Quote
The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me – my mother’s side of the family have awful legs. Aimee Mullins Read Quote
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. Aimee Mullins Read Quote
If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience. Aimee Mullins Read Quote
I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record. I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks. Aimee Mullins Read Quote
In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don’t turn me into a tragic heroine. Aimee Mullins Read Quote
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. Aimee Mullins Read Quote
I grew up in a town with a great wrestling tradition. Then I was a team sport queen in high school; I played softball, volleyball, and soccer. Oh, and I also did ski racing. Aimee Mullins Read Quote
In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It’s not ‘if;’ it’s ‘how.’ Aimee Mullins Read Quote
I’ll be giving a speech at the randomest place, like a bank or something, and a guy in a suit will say, ‘I’m totally freaked out that I’m talking to the girl from ‘Cremaster.’ For the rest of my life, that movie will be playing in a museum somewhere. I never could have expected that huge response. Aimee Mullins Read Quote
