Part of what Special Olympics is trying to do is break down stereotypes that still exist for people. There is still a lot of fear.
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People only see gymnastics on TV and in the Olympics at such an extreme. So it can be intimidating.
Fear is there. Anything can happen at an Olympics. I want to use the experience I gained from Athens and Beijing - the fear, too - and build a me that can't lose. I will do everything to make sure I win a third gold medal in London. That target drives me. I'm bulking up and have more power now. I'll be fighting fit to take the gold back home.
I've always said the Olympics are special to me.
The Olympics are always a special competition, it is very difficult to predict what will happen.
Every country when they have Olympics, a lot of people come out opposed.
The Olympics is about letting people believe in their own dreams.
I think the most surprising thing about the Olympics would be the amount of interaction and partying that goes on behind the scenes. They have nightclubs at the Olympic Village. It's like college all over again.
I've always seen the Olympics as a place where you could act out your differences on the athletic field with a sense of sportsmanship and fairness and mutual respect.
The sentiment of those suggesting the Olympics and Paralympics be combined is no doubt well intentioned. But it also echoes the myth that disabled people want to be other than what we are - that we'd like nothing more than to be 'allowed in' with the able-bodied competitors.
Unfortunately, there are not many people in the world who get to experience the Olympic Games.
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