Oscar Pistorius Quotes

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• You're not disabled by the disabilities you have, you are able by the abilities you have.

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  Able, Disability, Ability

  "Oscar Pistorius: The bullet in the chamber" by Gary Morley and Robyn Curnow, www.cnn.com. September 30, 2011.

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• I have a strong sense that I have to educate people about disability.

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  Strong, People, Disability

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• I grew up not really thinking I had a disability. I grew up thinking I had different shoes.

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  Thinking, London Olympics, Shoes

  "Sporting world shocked by Pistorius arrest". "The World TODAY" with Timothy McDonald, www.abc.net.au. February 15, 2013.

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• The only disability in life is having a bad attitude

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  Attitude, Bad Attitude, Disability

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• There is a big difference between being good and being great.

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  Differences, Bigs, Be Good

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• It's impossible to make everyone happy. Some will choose to see the negative. None is perfect but find a way of loving them perfectly!

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  Perfect, Negative, Way

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• When you're competing, you don't have the choice of what the weather will be like. It really doesn't affect me. I ran one of my fastest times in the New York Diamond League meeting last year. It was raining pretty hard then.

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  New York, Rain, Years

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• I don't see myself as disabled. There's nothing I can't do that able-bodied athletes can do.

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  Athlete, Able, Can Do

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• I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics.

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  Running, Past, Two

  "London 2012 Olympics: Amputee Oscar Pistorius picked for men's 400m" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2012.

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• I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to.

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  Believe, Hard Work, People

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• I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what gives me confidence when I'm lining up on the blocks. I've never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be.

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  Block, People, Giving

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• My parents didn't give me any scope to feel sorry for myself. They were just like 'go play with your brother, go climb a tree, go fall off your motorbike, do whatever you want. Don't come crying to us when you get scratched. You've got prosthetic legs - that's very nice.

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  Brother, Sorry, Nice

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• Being disabled doesn't have to be a disadvantage.

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  Disadvantages, Disabled

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• I think every athlete that’s just out here for the Olympics just does something to inspire those around them and inspire each other.

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  Athlete, Thinking, Inspire

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• I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment.

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  Sports, Hard Work, Pieces

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• The more I accomplish, the more pressure I put on myself.

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  Pressure, Accomplish

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• Everyone has setbacks. I'm no different. I happen to have no legs. That's pretty much the fact.

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  Different, Legs, Facts

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• If the legs did provide such an advantage that some of the people are claiming they did, then there would be a lot more amputees using the exact same prosthetic legs I have, running the exact same times I have - and that's not the case.

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  Running, People, Amputees

  "Oscar Pistorius: The bullet in the chamber" by Gary Morley and Robyn Curnow, www.cnn.com. September 30, 2011.

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• Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope that in London, their perceptions open up.

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  Thinking, Shoes, People

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• I still find it strange, I suppose, when I say to someone, 'Can you just pass me my leg?' But I don't ever think about my disability.

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  Thinking, Legs, Strange

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• Being disabled doesn't mean you have a disadvantage

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  Mean, Disadvantages, Disabled

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• I wasn't happy with my performance at the World Championships in Daegu. I had an unbelievable race in the heats, but misjudged the semi and finished last.

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  Race, World, Lasts

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• I am also hugely excited to then be competing to defend my three Paralympic titles at the Paralympic Games. I believe we will see some amazing times posted and I am very much looking forward to what will be an incredible Olympics and Paralympics in London.

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  Believe, Games, Titles

  "London 2012 Olympics: Amputee Oscar Pistorius picked for men's 400m" by Owen Gibson, www.theguardian.com. July 4, 2012.

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• I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race.

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  Running, Dream, Race

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• Out of the tens of thousands of prosthetic legs they've made, there's never been any 400-meter athletes run under 50 seconds. So, if this was such a technologically advanced prosthetic leg, then how come not everyone's qualifying, or coming close to the qualification time, then?

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  Running, Athlete, Legs

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