Natalie Du Toit Quotes & Sayings

My message is not just to disabled people, but to everyone: You have to work hard. — Natalie Du Toit

It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream. — Natalie Du Toit

By 9:30 at night, I go to bed. — Natalie Du Toit

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

My parents gave me a boxer puppy as a present. I have wanted a dog for years and must first give her attention in the morning. — Natalie Du Toit

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. — Natalie Du Toit

I go out there and train as hard as anybody else. — Natalie Du Toit

I never thought of being disadvantaged. — Natalie Du Toit

Even when bad things happen you have to try to use those bad things in a positive manner and really just take the positive out of it. — Natalie Du Toit

I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi. — Natalie Du Toit

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. — Natalie Du Toit

I've been lucky enough to travel the world and win awards and medals, but it was time to stop. — Natalie Du Toit

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. — Natalie Du Toit

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

Back in my mind, I never, ever wanted to give up swimming; it was something that I would carry on with. — Natalie Du Toit

Swimming is my passion and something that I love. — Natalie Du Toit

Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one. — Natalie Du Toit

I'm probably the most negative person around. — Natalie Du Toit

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

I think I've achieved everything I wanted to. — Natalie Du Toit

It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life. — Natalie Du Toit

Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest. — Natalie Du Toit

The situation in disability sport is growing, and girls like Ellie Cole are doing wonders. — Natalie Du Toit

I have a strong upper body; I'm an arms swimmer, and I always have been. — Natalie Du Toit

I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals. — Natalie Du Toit

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

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

I just missed out on qualifying for the Sydney Olympics in 2000. — Natalie Du Toit