Lee Pearson Quotes

To be able to wear your country's colors and compete in the Paralympics for the snowboard team... it's pretty powerful.

A lot of times, people think 'para' as far as 'paralyzed.' 'Para' means 'alongside,' so the Paralympics are alongside the Olympics on the same courses, the same hills.

I was a torch carrier in the 2012 Paralympics and every time I thought 'I can't do this' I would look at the blade runners and the athletes and wheelchairs think, okay, I can run.

Having loved sport my whole life, competing in a Paralympics would be a dream come true.

The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.

That's really what the Paralympics is about: these amazing athletes and this technology that's allowing them to reach their full potential.

We've worked with Special Olympics Florida before, and I had so much fun doing that. It was really inspiring to meet all the athletes.

I have been so inspired by the Special Olympics athletes that I have been so fortunate to meet, and I am excited to continue my involvement in the Special Olympics Movement.

I love the Olympics.

I have always loved the Summer Olympics.

I'm excited to be a part of the Olympic movement again.

The Chicago Special Olympics prove a very fundamental fact, the fact that exceptional children - children with mental retardation - can be exceptional athletes, the fact that through sports they can realize their potential for growth.

There are a lot of talented guys in the league, short and tall.

I'm a proud New Zealander, and I represent Paralympics New Zealand. I love what I do, and I do it because I love it. The passion is unbelievable in every race I do. I have the ambition to change things outside the pool, too.

I will remember all the days at the Olympics.

I love tennis with a passion. I challenged Boris Becker to a match once and he said he was up for it but he never called back. I bet I could make him run around.

Olympics is everyone's dream.

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.

People watch the Olympics because they want to believe in heroes; I know I did.

Each Olympics is different with their own great parts to it.

People used to call the Paralympics the 'Special Olympics.' These men and women are athletes. They are warriors. They are people who are not confined by what they have been given. It's amazing to see where, and how far, the human body can really go.

When I discovered Special Olympics and saw how it integrates these athletes into programs that change the whole way they see themselves and how they perform, it blew my mind. I wanted to be involved.

Special Olympics is such an empowering organization for the thousands of athletes involved and those of us like myself who lend support to them.

Basketball is like society - you're going to have good and bad.

It was a true honor to have represented my country at my first Paralympic Winter Games and proud to bring home gold and silver medals for the U.S.