By reaching out, more comes back than you can possibly imagine.

I refuse to allow a disability to determine how I live my life. There is only one way to go in life and that is forward.

Even if your body doesn't work the way it used to, the heart and the mind and the spirit are not diminished.

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.

Once we choose hope, everything is possible.

Some people are walking around with full use of their bodies and they're more paralyzed than I am.

When the first Superman movie came out, I gave dozens of interviews to promote it. The most frequent question was: What is a hero? My answer was that a hero is someone who commits a courageous action without considering the consequences. Now my definition is completely different. I think a hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.