I did my first apprenticeship when I was 15, then joined the union when I was 17. I worked every summer in high school and college.

I have never been disabled in my dreams.

Nothing of any consequence happens unless people get behind an idea. It begins with an individual and they share the idea with more individuals-and eventually it becomes a movement.

I remember telling a neurosurgeon, "Don't give me too much information, because at the moment my ignorance is my best asset."

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.

Either you decide to stay in the shallow end of the pool or you go out in the ocean.

We live in a time when the words impossible and unsolvable are no longer part of the scientific community's vocabulary. Each day we move closer to trials that will not just minimize the symptoms of disease and injury but eliminate them.