Natalie du Toit quotes
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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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