Natalie du Toit Quotes

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

It doesn't matter if you look different.

You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.

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

Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.

I go out there and train as hard as anybody else.

Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me.