Billy Monger Quotes

Some of the most inspiring moments in sports have come from players with physical defects. Tom Dempsey, born without toes on his right foot, kicked a 63-yard field goal in 1970, using a straighter, wider shoe.

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.

I'm gonna be called Shaquem Griffin the football player, not Shaquem Griffin the one-hand wonder.

I think me having one hand made me work even harder than many other people.

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

The greatest feeling of accomplishment for me is the fact that I was an athlete who was somewhat disabled.

The disabled people that do sport, they don't think about what they don't have but try to get better with what they do have. That is the same for me.

After becoming deaf, I realized that I'd better get an education if I was ever to do anything with my life.

Being in a wheelchair for 30 years. I'm not whining about it because I don't dwell on things I can't do anything about, you know. I never really think about until somebody mentions it. I did take a bullet.

For most Olympic athletes, their training is their hardest challenge and where they push themselves to the limit. For Paralympians, training and competition is an escape from the hardships and struggles of their everyday life. That is the difference.

I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything.

I'm not going to just stop doing it because I got hurt once. People get hurt in car wrecks every day, and they don't stop driving the car the rest of their life to work. It's my passion. It's what I want to do with my life. It's a part of what I do.

When I staged the play and narrated my story to the audience, people found it amazing that after facing so many hardships, I have gone on to do 482 films.

When I got into the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, a doctor told me to give up the course as I'd be totally deaf within a couple of years. But I refused to give in.

When I was growing up, I was told I was stupid and that I would never achieve. I suffered from dyslexia, and in those days it wasn't recognised.

When I was a child, kids used to make fun of me because I was blind. But I just became more curious, 'How can I climb this tree and get an apple for this girl?' That's what mattered to me.

I actually wanted to play the violin before I had polio, and then afterwards, there was no reason not to.

Who would have thought it would be possible to run across Canada on one leg, eh? I wanted to try the impossible and show that it could be done.

I ended up winning a silver medal at the Summer X Games Adaptive Supercross seven months after my injury - on a leg that I built.

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

I've played football one-handed. I've played football with no hands.

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.

A lot of people have doubted me because of my size. They think someone like me doesn't deserve to be in the main event, but I think if they knew me, and knew what I've been through in my career, they would respect me.

Just because I've got two prosthetic legs, yeah, I had to adapt in ways, but I've also become a lot stronger. It doesn't mean I'm at any disadvantage, really.

Just to show I had everything working against me: I'm small, my memory isn't all there, but I was a hard worker and I wanted people to realize, you may have weight problems working against you, height problems, whatever, but you can still conquer it and go for your dreams.