With L'Oreal, I get to be Aimee Mullins, model. No qualifier. And that means everything to me.

The Pentagon isn't a place that champions individuality and innovation.

The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is - before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful - do whatever makes you feel confident. If it’s putting on a great dance record and rocking out in your apartment, do it. If kissing someone for 10 minutes makes you feel confident, do it.

Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.

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.

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.

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.