100 Quotes by Jessica Long

I had the freedom to be alone with myself, completely unlimited by my circumstances or my body while doing what I loved. I think that's why I took to swimming with such ease.

The idea that I got to be on a team with Trischa Zorn - as a 12-year-old - is wild to me.

All my life I have had to fight to catch up with people. But not in the water. That's the one place where everyone else is trying to keep up with me!

I'd love to see the 200s, the 50s, the 400 IM. I would do so many events.

I didn't think anybody else in the entire world looked like me.

There was so much pain. Every time I grew, I had to go back in for a surgery. And I remember just being really, really scared but also, like, knowing exactly what to do. Like as a 3-year-old, I knew to crawl on top of the operating table.

Everyone had legs. Even my younger sisters both had legs. It was hard to comprehend what I did wrong: Why me? Then I found out about the Paralympics. It really did completely change my life.

All of my life, I've loved proving people wrong.

I know I'm enough with or without the gold medals. I just love to swim.