It's an objective fact that I am a double amputee, but it's very subjective opinion as to whether that makes me disabled.

Adversity is just change that we haven't adapted ourselves to yet.

I'm not an advocate for disability issues. Human issues are what interest me.

An athlete experiences the emotions of pain and elation through triumph and defeat, through teamwork and individuality, as nothing more than a human being...that is the true glory of sport.

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.

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.

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.