Nikki Cox Quotes

I don't want a flashy car, just something that would allow me to stop using the Tube. And it would be good not to have to rely on my mum all the time, particularly when I have to listen to her singing in her car.

I can still jump on the Tube. I don't want that to change.

The worst part about being so small is that I always have to rely on someone. I can't go anywhere on my own, so I'm always dependent. I can't run or walk too fast. If I was taller for a day, I'd just go off on my own independently.

I hate being helpless, and I hate having to ask people to do things for me.

When I spend a lot of time in New York, or somewhere when I don't have a car, I miss that mobility and freedom that you have when you have a car. You don't have to rely on anyone else.

I feel bad for people in wheelchairs and people who have to use crutches.

I can't bear the thought of my mother having to push me around in a wheelchair. I'd rather die quickly.

If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three, four, five steps. That, to them, means they can walk.

I'm a normal woman, a normal person, and I just want to drive.

Relying on someone else to be successful only ties you down and limits you.

At the time I was asked if I would ever step back in a race car, but what was very important for me was to go into the bathroom and pee on my own, but I could not do that. I had to be helped. That was my number one priority.

I don’t really believe in cars, but I drive one every day and I love that it gets me places and makes life so much easier and faster and I don’t know what I would do without it.

I don't want my husband to push me around in a wheelchair. I don't want someone to lead me around because I'm blind.

What you are to do without me I cannot imagine.

The bicycle freed 19th-century women from their homes and from their dependence on men. I hope that in Saudi Arabia, the car will do the same.

Anything you rely on can become a crutch. And disabled or not, when you rely on something, that is what will cripple you.

In L.A., it's the sort of city where you have to have a car to get around.

I'm just happy to have my legs back, cause at one point in time, I wasn't even walking.

The independence once represented by the car has been replaced by cell phones and social networks, which are now at the forefront of people's expression of freedom and access. Once a symbol of 'coming of age,' many drivers are waiting longer to get their licenses.

I value my independence a lot, and the thought of having to lose that due to age or any other reason terrifies me.

I don't want to hang around in a wheelchair in a nursing home. I don't. I don't want to be like that.

I couldn't pedal a bike as a child, so I had a donkey instead. I loved the power and freedom it had.

It's terrible, a crutch, isn't it?

My feet are giving out on me. But I have a wheelchair that folds out on my tour bus. I've also got this little tricycle, so if I want to go someplace, I get those out.

I'm tired of relying on someone to drive me around. I just want my freedom.