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!

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'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.

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.

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

Suffering provides the gym equipment on which my faith can be exercised.

I was brought up, ' Freddy informed him, 'not to suffer anxiety about decisive initiative of all types.

Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

Are not my days few? Cease then and let me alone that I may take comfort a little Before I go to the place from which I shall not return.

With any group of people in life, sad things happen, and crazy things, and happy things. When you're in the public eye, it's just amplified, that's all.

We voluntary participate in things that we know are causing us harm because we believe we're powerless to do anything about it.

Politics is a romantic search for the good and the true and the beautiful.

And it's okay if you have to go away. Oh, just remember the telephone works both ways ((You and I Both))

The camera was another weapon in the wars of domination.

Fame sweeps you away. I had to go home every six months to remember who I am.