Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.

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

When I'm curious about something, I do it full on and take it as far as I go, but when I feel like I've really explored it, I'm OK with putting it aside and going on to something else.

If left to their own devices a child will achieve.

I've had journalists asking me, 'What do we call you - is it handicapped, are you disabled, physically challenged?' I said, 'Well hopefully you could just call me Aimee. But if you have to describe it, I'm a bilateral below-the-knee amputee.'

Success isn't winning every time. A lot of different factors go into every race, and you can't control all of them. Success means doing as excellent a job as you can on that particular day. The people I admire most aren't necessarily the most wonderful athletes. I admire the ones who keep coming back and doing it, time after time.

Beauty is not skin-deep; it can be a means of self-affirmation, a true indicator of personality and confidence.