For me, I never ever felt the ownership or any identity with any community of disabilities. I didn't grow up being told that I was a disabled child.

If you watch any John Hughes film of the eighties, that was my childhood experience.

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

I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record. I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.

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.

Sure, I'd love to have children some day. But world domination comes first.

In athletics, the idea of possibility is presumed. It's not 'if;' it's 'how.'