Life doesn't get easier, we just get stronger and more creative.
Never settle just because you are an amputee.
My influence is to inspire others and to make them believe that if I can do it, they can do it too.
Sport is a part of my DNA.
I think what I'm doing today is just inspiring other people, and if I'm inspiring other people, then that means I am doing a good thing.
Giving up was not an option.
My prosthesis has always been part of me and makes every hurdle conquerable. For me, sprinting is like art, because the work is in the detail.
We can do more than we ever imagined if we just dare ourselves to push a little harder, go a little further.
Once I put the blade on, I fell in love. I always tell people, when I run, I feel like I have 2 feet again.
Everyone should know that there are people out there, such my family, my prosthetist, who has been great at helping me get back on my feet, and the people at Össur who are willing to help out and welcome you with open arms.
I try to show everybody that disability is not a handicap. You can still do anything you want in life.
I want to share my story to help motivate and inspire others.
The life of a fashion model can appear exhilarating — you travel the globe and spend days in exotic locations.
Read the story of Össur Power Leg user Jenni Urivez, a super active survivor and mother of two, grandmother of five, and great grandmother of two from Mount Pleasant, Michigan.
Make your life a dream, and a dream a reality.
Marathon running is about enriching your life and, for some, creating a new start to your life or finding a new purpose.
Para-sports helped put a smile back on not just my face but my family’s as well.
My mission is to show that an impairment does not have to be a limitation. You can do so much more than you think.
No matter the handicap, if you want to surpass yourself, you always succeed.
Having a disability does not make one ‘inspirational’. However, hard work, perseverance and determination do.
Keep trying, trying, trying and you will be better at what you want to be.
This was my dream when I was a kid. This is where I want to be.
I knew I had a difference, but to me it wasn’t an obstacle.
Being born with limb difference doesn’t define me. It’s simply a small part of me, and it won’t hold me back unless I let it.
Read the story of Össur Ambassador & Rheo Leg user Antoinelle Hartze, a dentist in South Africa who is on a mission to make people smile.
