ABILITY Magazine Interview: Shayne Smith

Make sure you get my good side, which is, like, all this

I think the biggest thing that people need to know, in this world, is that there is no limit

we always hear the saying "sky's the limit"

how many times have you been told that you can do whatever you want? Sky's the limit, you can get there

Well, i think that's a load of BS

Sitting here saying, "sky's the limit", we have footprints on the moon, we have Felix Baumgartner skydying from space. Now, tell me the sky's the limit

When I was four months old, I contracted a rare form of meningitis called meningococcal septicaemia

What it did was it attacked my bloodstream

So all the blood in my body stopped
the doctors had to find where

Amputate my left hand, my legs
and some fingers on the right

Everyone always says to me
"Oh my gosh Shayne! You're so incredible

you're so strong, you're so amazing!
You have such a big heart

You have a great heart

and really my answer to that
always is, you know

I got it from my mama

My mom not only did all this
but she did it on her own

My dad split, right
so my mom really was

mom, dad, taxi driver, you know
basketball coach, hockey coach

My mom was everything