00:00My name is Jessica Long and I am a Paralympic swimmer.
00:03Being born with fibular hemimelia, I was missing all the bones in my lower legs.
00:07Every time I grew I had to get surgery.
00:10The only time I've actually felt disabled is during the recovery time.
00:14When I joined the team at 10 years old, I could swim two strokes and it was so hard.
00:18But I love competing against girls with legs and here I am, 14 years later, still doing the sport that
00:24I love.
00:24In swimming I have to keep moving forward and be resilient, just determined and tough.
00:31And in life I think the same thing.
00:33I want to be remembered as the best Paralympic swimmer of all time and I only have to win one
00:38more gold to do that.
00:40You can't buy greatness.
00:43Work for it and earn it and sacrifice for it.
