For everyone who thought I couldn’t do it… for everyone who thought I shouldn’t do it… for everyone who said, ‘It’s impossible’… see you at the finish line!

I've still never had a dream that I'm disabled. Never.

At some time, often when we least expect it, we all have to face overwhelming challenges. When the unthinkable happens, the lighthouse is hope. Once we find it, we must cling to it with absolute determination. When we have hope, we discover powers within ourselves we may have never known- the power to make sacrifices, to endure, to heal, and to love. Once we choose hope, everything is possible.

Never accept ultimatums, conventional wisdom, or absolutes.

I get pretty impatient with people who are able-bodied but are somehow paralyzed for other reasons.

It's defeatist to harp on what might have been, and yet, it's hard to resist considering what might have been.

I am optimistic. But I also know that, with time, I'm beginning to fight issues of aging as well as long-term paralysis.