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No matter how poor my eyes are I can still talk.

I took my sight and mobility for granted.

I really forget that I have no arms or legs sometimes.

If you're missing three or four limbs, you have special challenges going forward. And the last thing you want is to not be independent in your home.

To be blind is not miserable; not to be able to bear blindness, that is miserable.

When you get older, you feel better about yourself. You're not worried what other people think about you, in general. You just get more comfortable in your skin.

It's not really a curse or anything that you're blind; it's really a blessing.

Growing up for me in the Philippines was hard to read comic books because I'm blind.

I never really felt apprehensive because of my voice because after a while I'd gotten used to it, so I figured it would only be a matter of time before everybody else got used to it.

I'm so comfortable in my identity as a wrestler that if I never fought, it would never bother me one bit.

I was born blind in Sapangbato in Angeles City.

I'm very comfortable in my own skin.

I have understood by observing blind people that they are very confident. They don't see themselves as suffering from a disability.

My goal was to be able to be alone without food, sugar, phone, men, TV, anything and to feel O.K. about myself.

I'm getting to the end of my magnifying glasses now. One eye's gone completely. The other is gradually dimming. Dimming - that sounds very dramatic, doesn't it? I'm so lucky. I can still make a living - and the same kind of living.

When everything is lonely I can be my best friend.

A blind bloke walks into a shop with a guide dog. He picks the Dog up and starts swinging it around his head. Alarmed, a shop assistant calls out: 'Can I help, sir?' 'No thanks,' says the blind bloke. 'Just looking.'

To be happy, it first takes being comfortable being in your own shoes. The rest can work up from there.

When I first got into the league, I tried to fit in. Now I don't care.

Most women would not be happy being me. People say, 'But you're alone.' But I don't feel alone. I feel very un-alone.

Life is more fun when you stop caring what other people think.

I'm at peace with myself. The main thing is not letting people dictate what I do or what I am.

I don't have anything to prove to anybody, which is a lovely place to be.

The fact that I am blind is not what defines my life. It should be of no more interest than my blood type. People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection.

You have freedom when you're easy in your harness.