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

You know, I think there are certain words like 'illegitimate' that should not be used to describe a person. And certainly, we have come far enough in our technology that our language can evolve, because it has an impact.

A lot of my life is about will - having the will to prove what my body can do.

At some point in every person's life, you will need an assisted medical device - whether it's your glasses, your contacts, or as you age and you have a hip replacement or a knee replacement or a pacemaker. The prosthetic generation is all around us.

It's society that disables an individual by not investing in enough creativity to allow for someone to show us the quality that makes them rare and valuable and capable.

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

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.