The power of the human will to compete and the drive to excel beyond the body's normal capabilities is most beautifully demonstrated in the arena of sport.

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

The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me - my mother's side of the family have awful legs.

Giving up is conceding that things will never get better, and that is just not true. Ups and downs are a constant in life, and I've been belted into that roller coaster a thousand times.

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.

Life is about making your own happiness - and living by your own rules.

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