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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.

My message is not just to disabled people, but to everyone: You have to work hard.

I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals.

You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.

I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything.

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.

I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi.

Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.

I say, 'If I'm able to go out there and achieve a dream, then anybody can do it.'

I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied.

Natalie du Toit