Steve Guttenberg Quotes

I have immense respect for anyone with a physical deformity and the courage and confidence it takes just to go out in the world.

One the reasons I talk about my story is I want other people who are in the circumstances I was in to understand they are just as good and as valuable as everyone else.

I was bullied and picked on because I was so different to everyone else, and I definitely didn't believe or even know I was fabulous back then. But those hard times made me everything I am today. It's all water under the bridge now, but being bullied and going through adversity definitely made me stronger.

When I meet large women who walk with confidence and are articulate and really have an understanding of how they walk in this world, I love them so deeply for being able to overcome such unbelievable odds.

Hard times don't create heroes. It is during the hard times when the 'hero' within us is revealed.

A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.

We acquire the strength we have overcome.

My music is about being strong, even in your vulnerability.

I have learned not to overlook the advantages of being me. From when I was a softball player, and I held the stolen bases record. I would slide into second with my prostheses, and the girl on the base could either step aside or meet two wooden sticks.

The terrorists thought they would change my aims and stop my ambitions, but nothing changed in my life except this: weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage were born.

Cancer didn't bring me to my knees, it brought me to my feet.

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

I just want fans to walk away knowing that no matter what's going on, no matter how happy you are, no matter how sad you are, we did it. We're strong in this. We've come a long way, and life is not just one thing.

A really strong woman accepts the war she went through and is ennobled by her scars.

I'm different, and I have to be a warrior to be that way. But I have had some success; I hope I have touched the lives of some wonderful people, all by being what I see as myself but some others people see as different.

Black Girl Magic means that I have the power to overcome anything. Especially when we're in a world where you're told that you can't do something or you're less than, I'm reminded that my ancestors have overcome so much. There's still so much work to be done, and I have the power to overcome it.

I am a big believer in life in this fact: Scars are a very beautiful thing.

I had to suffer, I had to fight, and now I feel great.

When I first had my legs amputated, it was hard for me to be positive and feel pretty. Many people don't know that someone with a disability can be strong and beautiful and successful as an athlete.

I love stories about underdogs.

It's actually OK to be unique and have your own contributions, to celebrate what it means to be black, how we've survived and thrived through the worst conditions possible.

Nobody gets a free pass in life, and that's awesomely true for a drag queen or anyone else in the LGBT community. But I like to say, 'Don't be bitter, get better.'

My being a black woman is not a deficit. It is a strength. Because I could not be where I am had I not overcome so many other barriers. Which means you know I'm relentless, you know I'm persistent, and you know I'm smart.

When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life.

Weakness, fear and hopelessness died. Strength, power and courage was born.