Natalie du Toit famous quotes
Last updated: Sep 5, 2024
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Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it.
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Swimming is my passion and something that I love. Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me. I go out there and train as hard as anybody else. I have the same dreams, the same goals. It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.
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Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me.
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I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied.
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I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi.
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It's been a dream for me since I was six years old to go to the Olympic Games and to finally have that dream realised is something massive for me.
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I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals.
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I go out there and train as hard as anybody else.
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When you are racing in an able-bodied competition, you're all equal and you go out there and try your best, and that's what counts.
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If I'm able to go out there and achieve a dream, then anybody can do it.
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Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.
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It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.
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I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything,
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To be here, is a dream come true. A dream is something that you set for yourself, not what other people set for you. When I qualified in Seville I burst into tears. I couldn't believe that I was going to the Olympic Games.
-- Natalie du Toit
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