It was a shame, disgrace and embarrassment to have his wheelchair hidden in this memorial when in fact he used it every day of his life.

It's going to motivate us all to stay clean, ... because of the embarrassment and shame that comes to the sport with doing drugs.

They did not submit to the obvious alternative, which was simply to close the eyes and fall. So easy, really. Go limp and tumble to the ground and let the muscles unwind and not speak and not budge until your buddies picked you up and lifted you into the chopper that would roar and dip its nose and carry you off to the world. A mere matter of falling, yet no one ever fell. It was not courage, exactly; the object was not valor. Rather, they were too frightened to be cowards.

S: But Chris, I think his embarrassment isn't in relation to you or me but to himself. What can he do?
C: I hate being thrown into such a physical state.
S: Isn't that experiencing life to the hilt?
C: No, it's just a dumb infatuation. I'm so ashamed.
S: But even if his silence hurts you, isn't that what attracted you to him? The fact that he was inaccessible. So, I think there is a contradiction there, at least nothing to feel ashamed of -.

In the time of FDR, he felt it would not have been politically expedient for him to be seen often in his wheelchair. He thought people would take that as a sign of weakness.

This is a great victory for the disability community. But, you know, it's also a larger victory for the many people who in their lives in one way or another triumph over adversity.