13 Lee Pearson Quotes for You to Enjoy

Lee Pearson

British Athlete

Born: Feb 4, 1974

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The Paralympic Games actually turned my whole mentality around about disability. When you're in the Paralympic athletes' village and there are 4,000 disabled people, you stop seeing disability. Totally. Lee Pearson

You People Athletes Seeing Totally About Mentality Disability Disabled Around Stop Turned Games Whole Village Actually

I had a donkey called Sally that I used to call my BMX bike. As a child, I wasn't a very good horse rider: I thought falling off was normal, and I would just get back on again. I didn't realise you weren't meant to fall off. Lee Pearson

Good You Thought Fall Back Would Horse Had Call Were Falling Normal Off Sally Very Child Get Donkey Just Realise Again Bike Meant Used Rider

If you don't like something, change it. My parents expected me to stay in my office job as an administrator at the Co-op because I'm disabled, but I said no and changed my whole life. Lee Pearson

Life Me You Change Job Parents Changed Administrator Stay Something Disabled Like Because Said Office Expected Whole

I couldn't pedal a bike as a child, so I had a donkey instead. I loved the power and freedom it had. Lee Pearson

Freedom Power Had Instead Child Donkey Loved Bike Pedal

I feel lucky that I found my talent, not unlucky that I was born with a disability. When I'm on a horse, I'm more worried about what the riding hat is doing to my hair than what my bent legs and arms are doing. What riding has given me is respect. Lee Pearson

Paralympics has always had to push the media into it being about sport and not focusing on the disability. Lee Pearson

Focusing About Disability Push Had Sport Always Being Media

Before taking up dressage, I'd distanced myself from the Paralympics because I hadn't wanted to be defined by my disability. Then when I grew up and got an office job, things started to change. I'm actually allergic to horses, but I'm even more allergic to paperwork! Lee Pearson

I just love the development of horses, getting into their brains, making them more athletic and powerful, responsive, and I'm rubbish at everything else. Lee Pearson

Love Rubbish Else Everything Everything Else Responsive Athletic More Horses Development Powerful Making Brains Getting Just Them

My great grandfather had been the neighbourhood 'horse whisperer,' so I've probably loved horses since I was an embryo. Whenever I watched cowboy films as a small child, I wasn't watching the hunky cowboys - which I'd probably do now - I was watching the horses. Even now, I love sitting in the field just watching the way they move. Lee Pearson

Love Great Field Films Way Neighbourhood Embryo Small Horse Small Child Horses Had Since Great-Grandfather Been Cowboy Cowboys Child Sitting Move Just Whenever Loved Which Grandfather Even Even Now Now Watched Watching

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