"Love is the only effective counter to death."

“It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man's self.”

“Well, I grew up in a tough neighborhood.”

“Forget what you know about disability.”

Source : "Amputee Pop Star Viktoria Modesta Doesn't Care If You're Uncomfortable". Interview with Alyssa Bailey, www.elle.com. December 22, 2014.

“Adversity isn't an obstacle that we need to get around in order to resume living our life. It's part of our life.”

“I had these recipes that say do this, do that. Who MAKES these rules?”

“I've never been struck by lightning as far as I know, so the Higher Power is treating me as well as even those people who love him very much.”

“In 1950, when the Giants signed me, they gave me $15,000. I bought a 1950 Mercury. I couldn't drive, but I had it in the parking lot there, and everybody that could drive would drive the car. So it was like a community thing”

Source : "Greatest All-Around Player in the History of Baseball". The Academy of Achievement Interview, www.achievement.org. February 19, 1996.

“I think that’s the lesson you learn in life. As you get older you realize you’re never going to grow up and you’re never going to be ready. And you may, as well, do things now, don’t wait”