Oksana Masters Quotes

I have a condition that is included among the 200 or so classified as Dwarfism.

I was born with lots of deformities.

I sometimes lament the fact that I do not have the benefit of a complete and ailment free body structure.

Turns out, Down syndrome is the most common genetic disorder, occurring once in every 800 births, and no one really knows why it happens. It just does.

I decided to write 'True Refuge' during a major dive in my own health. Diagnosed with a genetic disease that affected my mobility, I faced tremendous fear and grief about losing the fitness and physical freedom I loved.

For me, cleidocranial dysplasia was something that just spontaneously happened. Nobody in my family has it. It doesn't really hinder me at all. Obviously, I'm still able to do the things I love.

I would try monoskiing, but the problem is my dodgy knee's on my right side, and my bad ankle's on my left, so I can't really use either.

When I was in my early twenties, I spent six months bedbound with a condition called Cholinergic Urticaria that basically means I'm allergic to heat, including my own body. It was bad.

My mom is part albino.

My mother is part albino." Bella Swan

Injuries are tough. I tore my ACL 50 percent in my left leg. I can't kick. I'm not going to fight without my left leg, which is my best weapon.

I thought my sports career was over once I got into a wheelchair. That was the hardest reality I had to face.

I was born asthmatic so came into boxing with deficiencies.

I was too big to even contemplate exercise. I had to use a walking stick and a wheelchair to get around.

Today, I am a touring standup comic who cannot stand up. Within three minutes, I begin to wilt, lose my balance, and topple over. I can tap dance and run in heels, but I need to use a wheelchair to navigate airports.

The opposite of sad is down's syndrome.

in California I began to think that, except on the beaches, no-one had the use of their legs.

Deformed persons commonly take revenge on nature.

If I had to last 20 years, I would probably be batting in a wheelchair.

When I was a teenager, I was in an iron-lung.

One-armed butlers, they can take it but they can't dish it out

It's remarkable she [Venus Williams] plays at all, given her Sjögren's syndrome [an autoimmune disorder that can cause joint pain]. She's back, winning tournaments. She didn't allow society to tell her, "You have this disease; you can't do that anymore." I look at her, like, "She's not playing at 100 percent. You are. You don't have excuses." Knowing what she went through helped me try to be a more positive person.

And I really believe that. Asthma is NOT a disability!

One of the great things about Parkinson's, in a superficial way, is it relieved me of vanity. I don't worry about what I look like, because it's literally out of my hands. But on a deeper level, it gives you a real humility, because you have to deal every day with the fact that you compromise.

They say I don't fight guys unless they're on a respirator. That's incorrect. They have to be at least 3 days off a respirator.