Quotes by Oksana Masters - Page 1

I'm a coffee lover.
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Coffee
Lover
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Just keep moving forward.
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Moving Forward
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I'm chasing that gold medal.
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Chasing
Gold
Medal
Gold Medal
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You don't get any second chances.
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Chances
Second Chances
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I'm just stupid and too headstrong.
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Headstrong
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Sport has definitely been an outlet for me.
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Outlet
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I was born with legs, but they were so deformed.
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Legs
Deformed
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I never thought I'd be able to go back to Ukraine.
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Ukraine
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I'm a person that, once I start something, I can't just quit it.
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Quit
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Every single race that I get on the podium in biathlon, I'm shocked.
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Shocked
Podium
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I'm stubborn; once I start something, I want to see how far I can go.
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How Far
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Growing up in a very poor orphanage in Ukraine, there wasn't much food.
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Orphanage
Ukraine
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I am so proud to be Ukrainian, and I'm also so proud to be an American.
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Ukrainian
I Am Proud American
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I like to keep my hair and makeup routines easy and simple on race days.
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Routines
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I think it is very unfortunate that there is a ban on adoptions in Russia.
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Russia
Unfortunate
Ban
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I never in a million years thought I would be able to be a Paralympic athlete.
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Athlete
Million Years
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My mom literally saved my life. I wasn't supposed to make it out of the orphanage.
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Orphanage
Saved
Life Mom My Life
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When you're using your upper body to live, you get to know how to move every muscle.
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Muscle
Upper
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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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Adopted
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Cycling's primarily a pushing motion, and skiing is more pulling, so it kind of balances out the body.
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Cycling
Pushing
Skiing
Balances
Motion
Primarily
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With cycling, I can still be active and compete, and ultimately, that's what I love to do, to be competitive.
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Cycling
Compete
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They said if I stayed in the orphanage for another month or so, I basically would not have been able to be alive.
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Orphanage
Month
Stayed
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It's weird to not know what a family is. Not know what a mother's love is. And not really know what a hug is or anything.
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Hug
Love Family Love Is
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I absolutely fell in love with being on the water and the peace and freedom that you get being on the water in a single boat.
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Boat
Love Freedom Peace
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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.
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Channel
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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.
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Body
Determination
Prove
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It's insane going from skiing to cycling. Even though you are in prime shape, you feel like you have never worked out a day in your life.
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Cycling
Insane
Skiing
Life Your Day
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I can go days without eating if I don't think about food. Your mind, to protect itself, learns not to pay attention to that hunger feeling.
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Hunger
Pay Attention
Learns
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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.
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Realization
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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.
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Vivid
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The biggest challenge during competition is keeping my real legs warm with clothing, because I have poor circulation in the tissue around the amputated areas.
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Circulation
Legs
Warm
Amputated
Biggest Challenge
Clothing
Tissue
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I've gotten a lot of people saying. 'That is awesome. You're so brave.' I hate when people say brave. I'm not brave. I'm just living my life. Why is that brave?
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Brave
Awesome
Life Hate People
Just Living
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It was honestly like 'Annie.' One day I was alone in a cold, dark Eastern European orphanage, and then the next day I was in an enchanted, mystical land known as Walmart.
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Annie
Eastern
Enchanted
Mystical
Orphanage
Walmart
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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.
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Skiing
Snow
Sport
Pick
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It's hard to understand the athlete's lifestyle. You literally eat, sleep, train. You go to training camps in the winter where there is no Internet, you can't make phone calls.
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Athlete
Camps
Lifestyle
Phone Calls
Winter
Calls
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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.
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Arms
Core
Legs
Snow
Seat
Myself Me Help
Custom
Off
Help
Molded
Poles
Propel
Sit
Ski
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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.
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Athlete
Disability
Legs
Amputated
Be Strong
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My hair is super fine, so I love using Batiste Dry Shampoo to give it volume after I shower and dry my hair. It also gives me extra body and texture for when I choose to wear my hair in a French braid.
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Dry
Shampoo
Texture
Volume
Love Me Body
Extra
Shower
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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.
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Gym
Hips
Legs
Extend
Seal
Via
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I usually like to keep my hair and makeup routines pretty simple after I work out but always need a little bit of mascara to finish off the look. I just swipe some on and then am good to go for the rest of the day.
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Mascara
Work Good Look
Finish
Routines
Swipe
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I was a super active kid, so I've always been aware of where my body is in space, and I think when I had my legs amputated, it makes you more aware of your body, and because I don't use my legs, I use more of my hands.
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Legs
Your Body
Amputated
Space Always Your
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It's extremely important for my sit ski to be perfectly fit to me. If it's too big, and I shift around, the energy and strength I put into propelling myself forward will be lost. The right fit is everything in my sport.
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Energy
Lost
Strength Myself Me
Sport
Extremely
Forward
Perfectly
Shift
Sit
Ski
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I remember seeing the Olympics when I was 13. I always wanted to know how it felt to stand on top of the podium hearing your country's anthem while watching your flag being raised in something you poured your heart and soul into.
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Anthem
Heart And Soul
Olympics
Flag
Podium
Poured
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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.
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Invited
Spectacular
Throwing
Time Good Myself
Ski
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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.
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Floating
Left
Legs
Missing
Ruined
Six
Thank God
Toes
Bone
Side
Full
Leg
Main
Right Side
Thank
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I use Olay Total Effects Tone Correcting CC Cream in place of foundation post-workout. I absolutely love that it's quick, easy, and something I can use on the go. It evens out my skin tone, provides SPF 15 protection, and leaves my skin feeling breathable, healthy, and moisturized.
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Correcting
Cream
Effects
Protection
Tone
Leaves
Quick
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Time trialing is one of those things that you've got to train for... Being a new rider, it's still really hard for me to know what's the most efficient gear for me to be in. The road race is probably more exciting, in my opinion, because it's a lot faster pace, and people are constantly attacking.
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Attacking
Efficient
Faster
Pace
Time Me People
Gear
In My Opinion
Rider
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I definitely went through a period where I don't want to say I hated myself, but I hated what I saw in the mirror. I would try to cover it up, and it wasn't until I started doing sports - until after London 2012 - that I kind of started getting more of that confidence in my body and appreciating my body.
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Appreciating
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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.
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Being A Girl
Legs
Surgery
Life Sports World
Prosthetic
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