Zitat des Tages von Natalie du Toit:
I think I've achieved everything I wanted to.
I never thought of being disadvantaged.
I say, 'If I'm able to go out there and achieve a dream, then anybody can do it.'
Qualifying for the Olympic Games was one of those moments where you just cry because it was like you've climbed Mount Everest.
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.
I don't think of myself as being disabled, or able-bodied.
I have always had a dream to take part in an Olympic Games, and losing my leg didn't change anything.
Going out there in the water, it feels as if there's nothing wrong with me.
It doesn't matter if you look different. You're still the same as everybody else because you have the same dream.
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.
I just want to be myself and go for my own dreams and goals.
It is wonderful to say that your days behind a school desk are over. It's just another phase in your life.
I am always late because people stop me for autographs and say hi.
Once your dream is fulfilled you face another one.
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.
You have to work hard for what you want to achieve and you have to set goals and dreams and really go for them.
My message is not just to disabled people, but to everyone: You have to work hard.
By 9:30 at night, I go to bed.
I go out there and train as hard as anybody else.