“One of the very first fashion features where I appeared without my pro...” — Jessica Long Quote

One of the very first fashion features where I appeared without my prosthetic legs was in ELLE magazine's publication, 'Gold Rush.'

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.

I really love to sleep. I think that's an amputee thing because I'm exhausted throughout the day.

When I'm sad, I let myself be sad, but at the same time, I've been finding ways to pick myself back up.

I really live for the racing, the moments in those races where everything slows down even though you're swimming as fast as possible.

Clinton impressed Assad: a young man who appeared to want to be neutral in the Arab-Israeli dispute - an illusion of course, but that's what Assad thought.

I knew I'd made it when my face appeared on a stamp.

The Greeks were the first boxers. Pugilism appears to have been one of the earliest distinctions in play and exercise that appeared between the Hellenes and their Asiatic fathers. The unarmed personal encounter was indicative of a sturdier manhood.

I think there's always been hope in my songs, no matter how they've first appeared. I think there's always been a shred of hope in everything I've written 'cause I like that balance.