I hate the words 'handicapped' and 'disabled'. They imply that you are less than whole. I don't see myself that way at all.

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.

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.

I'm not running around as a continual ray of sunshine. It's just I don't believe in wasting time feeling sorry for myself. Get over it.

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.

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

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.