Aimee Mullins

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

True beauty is when someone radiates that they like themselves. ”

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

Belief in oneself is incredibly infectious. It generates momentum, the collective force of which far outweighs any kernel of self-doubt that may creep in. ”

I think that everyone has something about themselves that they feel is their weakness... their 'disability.' And I'm certain we all have one, because I think of a disability as being anything which undermines our belief and confidence in our own abilities. ”

I've said this before, but I believe more than ever that confidence is sexier than any body part. ”

The legs that I have made are far more perfect than the ones nature would have given me - my mother's side of the family have awful legs. ”

The best beauty secret, besides sleep and plenty of water, is do whatever it is - before you go out, before you need to feel beautiful - do whatever makes you feel confident. If it's putting on a great dance record and rocking out in your apartment, do it. If kissing someone for 10 minutes makes you feel confident, do it. ”

In sports, I refused to do any interviews that were just going to become human-interest stories. Don't turn me into a tragic heroine. ”

I didn't want to be written about as a human-interest story. I didn't want to be a passing thing. You know, now we move on to the fat girl who had her stomach stapled. I didn't want to become a gimmick: the disabled model. ”