I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.

You're not disabled by the disabilities you have, you are able by the abilities you have.

I have a strong sense that I have to educate people about disability.

I grew up not really thinking I had a disability. I grew up thinking I had different shoes.

The only disability in life is having a bad attitude

It's impossible to make everyone happy. Some will choose to see the negative. None is perfect but find a way of loving them perfectly!

There is a big difference between being good and being great.

I don't see myself as disabled. There's nothing I can't do that able-bodied athletes can do.

The more I accomplish, the more pressure I put on myself.

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!

I think every athlete that’s just out here for the Olympics just does something to inspire those around them and inspire each other.

...what is the use of making everybody rich if the rich themselves are miserable?

Novelist by day

What is there to life if a man cannot hear the lonely cry of the whippoorwill or the arguments of the frogs around the pool at night?

Christianity is anything but safe. Jesus made clear that trouble and persecution stood in the future for His followers.

Isn't connecting people to distant lands and culture one of the strengths of good literature?

Only when we have enough mental stress to force us to see our own bankruptcy of power, do we trust in God, and only when we trust in God can we make a contribution which will not collapse.

More than half the questions I am asked are about the politics of the way I look

Her skin was white as leprosy.

If you hold me, I will let you into my dreams.

Good defensive play is as much a matter of hustle, desire and pride as it is anything else.