It's been a dream for me since I was six years old to go to the Olympic Games and to finally have that dream realised is something massive for me.

Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.

I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi.

I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything.

It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.

When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts.

If I'm able to go out there and achieve a dream, then anybody can do it.

Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me.

I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied.

Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.

You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.

All too many others have been more cautious than courageous and have remained silent behind the anesthetizing security of stained-glass windows

If we begin to diligently care for the environment, it will greatly improve human health.

Information can bring you choices and choices bring power - educate yourself about your options and choices. Never remain in the dark of ignorance.

I know politics I know the media.

One of the secrets to life is saying yes to change and allowing things to transition, but I also think you have to mark the time and give thanks for all that it gave you.

Anyone could learn Lisp in one day, except that if they already knew Fortran, it would take three days.

Somebody asked me the other day, "What do you do?" "I amuse myself by growing old," I replied. "It's a full-time job.

A cinephile is someone who expects too much of cinema.

I feel sexy when I get out of the tub - your skin is fresh and you've put up your hair without looking.

I will not quarrel with a slight mistake, Such as our nature's frailty may excuse.