Misfortune can force you into doing things you should be doing anyway. Lessons come from adversity. Anything can happen to anyone... You can find a new lease on life - more meaning than you thought possible in simple things... Let go. Live in the moment. Go forward.

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!

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

We can either watch life from the sidelines, or actively participate... Either we let self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy prevent us from realising our potential, or embrace the fact that when we turn our attention away from ourselves, our potential is limitless.

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

America is better when all of us take care of all of us.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.