Top 24 Mark Zupan Quotes
#1. Just because we are in wheelchairs doesn't mean we can't play a fast-paced, full-contact sport.
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#2. People aren't familiar with wheelchair sports. The only film crew in Athens for the Paralympics was the documentary crew.
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#3. Most people fear pain. I've learned that not feeling pain is a much more frightening proposition than feeling it. In fact, there are times when I'm playing when I actually enjoy it.
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#5. We're normal people. Don't be scared because we are in a chair. People don't understand that. They think, 'Oh, a wheelchair, something's wrong with their heads, something's just not right.' Well yeah, we may be a little twisted, but no more than anyone else.
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#6. If I can be an inspiration for someone, that's fine, but just don't look down on me. Don't say, 'Oh, you're in a wheelchair.'
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#7. Breaking my neck was the best thing that ever happened to me. I have an Olympic medal. I've been to so many countries I would never have been, met so many people I would never have met. I've done more in the chair, ... than a whole hell of a lot of people who aren't in chairs.
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#8. I feel pain everywhere. A lot of guys in chairs do feel their legs. But if you don't, there's a thing called disreflex, so you know if something happens, say, you can't feel your foot or your leg and your body reacts. You know something's not right and you survey what's going on.
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#9. I am a Rambling Wreck from Georgia Tech.
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#10. I'm not scared of getting hurt. I'm not scared of, pretty much, anything. If you live your life scared, what's the fun in living it? If you were scared of getting hit by a car, would you still cross the street?
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#11. I dream about running all the time.
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#12. There really isn't anything more refreshing then iced Coke out of the old-school glass bottles.
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#13. Life's too short not to laugh about yourself and the cards you're dealt.
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#14. With all the traveling and promotion I've been doing for 'Murderball,' its been difficult keeping up with my rugby training.
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#15. I met Evan Rachel Wood, James Woods, Kevin Bacon at Sundance. Steve Buscemi is pretty laid-back. I met Judy Greer in Vegas, and she was cool.
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#16. The whole thing is you don't want to be pigeon-holed as 'Oh, he's a guy in a wheel chair. He's very fragile. You better watch out.'
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#17. For those of you who worry that I am a skinhead and anything that goes along with that, I am not.
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#18. I am lucky to live in Austin, so I can enjoy the live music.
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#19. For those people who don't know what Whiteboy clothing is, it is not a white-supremacy thing. It is a great clothing line that just says, 'Have fun.'
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#20. Man, if they played the commercials for 'Murderball' as much as they do for 'Hustle & Flow,' 'Murderball' would blow up!
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#21. I wouldn't mind being taller or stronger.
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#22. A tuna steak and a salad? Seventy bucks. Welcome to Los Angeles.
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#23. Focus on what you want to do. Don't be scared to try stuff. You only live once. Get your mind towards what you want to do and you'll achieve it. It makes it fun. You gotta take risks at times. Risks pay off.
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#24. Number one house rule of pool: don't lose in your own house.
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