Aimee Mullins Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

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Aimee Mullins quotes and sayings page 5 (49 year old athlete). Here's quote # 41 through 50 out of the 58 we have for her.

Aimee Mullins Quotes
“The flesh and bone leg is just beautiful. It's elegant. You know, when it's working, it's incredible. But if it's not working, well, you know, your life is certainly far from over.”
Aimee Mullins Quotes
“'Triumph over tragedy' - how pathetic! I think people are generally freaked out that I'm multifaceted. You don't hear people saying, 'Gwyneth Paltrow won an Oscar - and she's blonde!'”
“Walking the runway with Alexander McQueen, I really had to dig deep. You're with Kate Moss and Naomi Campbell. I was the first person out on the runway, but I thought, 'I have done the Olympics, I can do this.'”
“I have found great power in taking my 'difference' out for a spin in a very public way. And usually, the worst, most personally embarrassing thing you imagine in your mind is often not anywhere near as bad in real life.”
“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 Quotes
“It's factual to say I am a bilateral-below-the-knee amputee. I think it's subjective opinion as to whether or not I am disabled because of that. That's just me.”
“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 Quotes
“I had a paper round and every night I would put the dinner on before Mum came home from work. I was capable because I had to be.”
Aimee Mullins Quotes
“If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.”
Aimee Mullins Quotes
“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.”

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