Dylan Alcott Quotes

Dylan Alcott

Profession : Tennis Player

Birth : December 4, 1990

Tennis players have won Grand Slams and gold medals in wheelchairs before, but haven't had that cut through. It's got nothing really to do about me playing tennis, to be honest. It's about what I say, I guess who I am, mostly being fully proud of who I am, authentically me and challenging the status quo.

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I used to read GQ as a kid and there was no one looking like me in there. No one with a disability, and now, you see something in a magazine or online and it just looks normal.

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The last song I listen to before every match is 'Protect Ya Neck,' always has been.

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Early '90s hip hop is my thing.

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What really got me into hip hop was like, Biggie, Nas, Big Daddy Kane.

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You know what, there are multiple streams of diversity: LGBTQI, gender equality, your race. All these streams of diversity had prejudices in the past, but a lot of them are getting a lot better. But the one you never hear about is disability.

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I hated myself growing up.

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I can't tell you how much I struggled after the golden slam. I had actual depression. I hadn't seen my family - it was the biggest moment of my life, and I'm in a hotel.

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I could take away all the gold medals and everything, that was the biggest thing that sport has given me. Belonging into a community, but also being proud of who I was.

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When I turned on the TV or the radio, and flicked to the newspaper, I never saw anyone like me. That's what I struggled with the most. I loved Pat Rafter. I couldn't be Pat Rafter. I watched Rove McManus and I couldn't be Rove either.

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The biggest thing is being really proud of my disability, which is kind of different. Most people don't want to talk about it. I always say, 'Nah, let's talk about it, openly and all the time.' People buy into that.

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I sat at home for two years of my life eating junk food, playing video games, embarrassed to go to school or leave the house because I wasn't proud of the person that I was.

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If you said to me, 'Let's walk to the shop,' you'd realise what you'd said and feel bad. But it's just language. I say I'm going for a run, or for a walk to the shops, or that I'm going to jump upstairs.

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I want to try a bit of acting, which I'm excited about. I think it will be fun and I think I can be good at it.

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Growing up, I never saw anyone like me on TV, so I was honoured to win a Logie, but it's definitely not as cool as an Oscar.

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I get sent a lot of stuff about stem cell research but I've never bothered with it because I'm happy with how I am.

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I'm a big atmosphere kind of guy, I've got a loud personality and I really enjoy firing myself up, but when you're out in the middle of nowhere and you can't even find the court it's tough.

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I would be wasting my life if I won 20 grand slams and that's all I did.

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When people have significant risks, that's when their needs for more protection comes into play.

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We have got to fully guarantee and fund the NDIS so we invest in people with disability so they can be the people they want to be and start paying taxes, not get pensions.

Dylan Alcott