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" I was supposed to be adopted when I was five, but then my adoption was pushed back by two years. "

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" Just keep moving forward. "

" I definitely did not like my body when I first started sports. I didn't like my body just in general as a teenager. Being a girl and a teenager with two prosthetic legs and two hands that were misshapen that had so much reconstructive surgery on them, I thought my world was over - put a zit on top of that, and then my life is completely over. "

" I am very lucky to be living my dream. "

" When I first had my legs amputated, it was hard for me to be positive and feel pretty. Many people don't know that someone with a disability can be strong and beautiful and successful as an athlete. "

" I was missing the main weight-bearing bone in both legs. And the left leg, I didn't have a full knee. It was a floating knee. I had six toes. My hands were webbed, and I also have one kidney. I don't have a full bicep on my right side. Thank God my hair didn't get ruined. "

" I'm chasing that gold medal. "

" In 2012, I was invited to a ski event called the Hartford Ski Spectacular to learn how to sit-ski for the first time. I loved it, but it was not pretty - I was not good. I didn't know how to stop, so I kept throwing myself on the ground. "

" In 2013, I had the chance to try cross-country skiing on snow and just fell in love with being in nature and how hard it was to pick up the sport. And the snow is sparkly. "

" With cycling, I can still be active and compete, and ultimately, that's what I love to do, to be competitive. "

" I'm a coffee lover. "

" When I ski, I take both of my legs off and get into a sit ski: a ski with a custom seat that has been molded for me. I use my core and arms to propel myself on snow with help from ski poles. "

" I don't know why, but I love sunflowers, and I just have this vivid memory of being in a field of sunflowers and how they felt like trees. They felt so tall. "

" I like to keep my hair and makeup routines easy and simple on race days. "

" Every single race that I get on the podium in biathlon, I'm shocked. "

" I wear my prosthetics legs every day, and when I train in the gym, I call them my Lamborghini, because both legs and sockets, which extend up to my hips to keep the legs on via a suction seal, cost about $305,815. "

" I was born with legs, but they were so deformed. "

" It doesn't matter what kind of body you have, it's the determination and the spirit that's going to get you there. I want to prove that. "

" I'm stubborn; once I start something, I want to see how far I can go. "

" I am so proud to be Ukrainian, and I'm also so proud to be an American. "

" I am so happy I have been able to channel all the things that I went through when I was younger and make them into something positive. "

" I didn't find out about the Paralympics until I was 18 years old. Once I found out what the Paralympics were, I was so excited to know I had a chance to represent my country and wear Team U.S.A. on my back. "

" I'm a person that, once I start something, I can't just quit it. "

" I started doing sports when I was 13 and competitively doing sports - where I was actually training - when I was 17. "

" I think it is very unfortunate that there is a ban on adoptions in Russia. "

" Growing up in a very poor orphanage in Ukraine, there wasn't much food. "

" The realization that I'm never going to run again, the feeling through my hair when you run... you're still a kid. You still have so much life to live. "

" I never thought I'd be able to go back to Ukraine. "

" I'm just stupid and too headstrong. "

" I was a troublemaker. "