00:00Don't be afraid to look different or be different or try to hide how you look because your differences
00:19are what's making you irreplaceable in this world.
00:22Coming from the background I came from, I wasn't able to express with my words and
00:35so I internalized a lot of things and just kept it in and sports was something that I
00:40would be able to let my feelings out.
01:10She never gave up on me, she kept fighting for me, she was told multiple times, we have
01:32a baby here, we have a baby there, you wanted a baby anyways and she said no, this is my
01:39daughter and this is all going off by a picture, she just saw a picture of me.
01:43One thing I got with my mom was like instant connection, I instantly felt safe, this was
01:47my mom, I know that, you know, that's my mom.
02:01I had required so many medical needs that it was hard for anybody to upraise a child
02:09with so many medical needs.
02:11I went on the water and just took my prosthetic leg off and pushed off, I've never felt like
02:20I belonged more, anywhere more than in that moment in my life.
02:51Cycling is one of those sports, anything can happen, like you get a flat tire and your
02:57chances are done.
03:21I love that stage from starting from the bottom and working all the way up, no matter where
03:28you are, what you've achieved.
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