I have a strong sense that I have to educate people about disability. Oscar Pistorius More Quotes by Oscar Pistorius More Quotes From Oscar Pistorius You're not disabled by the disabilities you have, you are able by the abilities you have. Oscar Pistorius disability ability able I grew up not really thinking I had a disability. I grew up thinking I had different shoes. Oscar Pistorius london-olympics shoes thinking The only disability in life is having a bad attitude Oscar Pistorius bad-attitude disability attitude When you're competing, you don't have the choice of what the weather will be like. It really doesn't affect me. I ran one of my fastest times in the New York Diamond League meeting last year. It was raining pretty hard then. Oscar Pistorius new-york rain years It's impossible to make everyone happy. Some will choose to see the negative. None is perfect but find a way of loving them perfectly! Oscar Pistorius perfect way negative There is a big difference between being good and being great. Oscar Pistorius be-good differences bigs I have run two Olympic 'A' standard times over the past 12 months and with the time I ran at the African Championships last week I know my speed and fitness are constantly improving so that I will peak in time for the Olympics. Oscar Pistorius running two past I'd like to show people that if you put the hard work in and you believe in yourself, then you can do whatever you want to. Oscar Pistorius hard-work believe people My parents didn't give me any scope to feel sorry for myself. They were just like 'go play with your brother, go climb a tree, go fall off your motorbike, do whatever you want. Don't come crying to us when you get scratched. You've got prosthetic legs - that's very nice. Oscar Pistorius nice brother sorry The more I accomplish, the more pressure I put on myself. Oscar Pistorius accomplish pressure I don't see myself as disabled. There's nothing I can't do that able-bodied athletes can do. Oscar Pistorius able athlete can-do I have a phenomenal team behind me who have helped get me here and I, along with them, will now put everything we can into the final few weeks of preparations before the Olympic Games, where I am aiming to race well, work well through the rounds, post good times and maybe even a personal best time on the biggest stage of them all. Oscar Pistorius team race games I want to wake up every day and feel that I'm training harder than my competitors, that I'm dieting harder, that I'm recovering better. That's what gives me confidence when I'm lining up on the blocks. I've never gone out to prove people wrong. I just want to be the best that I can possibly be. Oscar Pistorius block giving people I don't want to be competing in a sport where I feel that I'm here not on my talent and my hard work but because of a piece of equipment. Oscar Pistorius pieces hard-work sports I can have my goals, and I can have my dreams. My goal is to make the finals and improve my position. I want to run all decent races. I don't want to look back and say I ran a terrible race. Oscar Pistorius race dream running Putting on my legs is like putting on my shoes. I understand that's how some people might think differently, but I hope that in London, their perceptions open up. Oscar Pistorius shoes people thinking I still find it strange, I suppose, when I say to someone, 'Can you just pass me my leg?' But I don't ever think about my disability. Oscar Pistorius legs strange thinking I wasn't happy with my performance at the World Championships in Daegu. I had an unbelievable race in the heats, but misjudged the semi and finished last. Oscar Pistorius lasts race world I am also hugely excited to then be competing to defend my three Paralympic titles at the Paralympic Games. I believe we will see some amazing times posted and I am very much looking forward to what will be an incredible Olympics and Paralympics in London. Oscar Pistorius titles games believe To have been selected to represent Team South Africa at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the individual 400m and the 4x400m relay is a real honor and I am so pleased that years of hard work, determination and sacrifice have all come together. Oscar Pistorius team determination real
