Marko Cheseto

What keeps me going is what I have at the moment - my inner self, gifts and talents. I have adjusted to using adaptive sports equipment which still allow me to achieve the same results.
 
Transcript: "What keeps me do? What I love to do is not what I am missing. It's what I have at the moment. I still have my inner me, me losing my feet, did not take away, the gifts that I have, and my talent of running, I had to just adjust and use adaptive sports equipment, which still yield the same results. Yes."

It will take time, but don't let the amputation define who you are. You can still do amazing things and be an athlete even being an amputee.
 
Transcript: "What advice do I have for a young athlete? Who recently had an amputation? I would tell them it's a process. It will take time before you will be back to the game. But you have to remember even after losing a part of your body, it doesn't take away who you are. You can still do the things that you used to do prior to your a mutation. Is the mind game. It's what you tell yourself. If you let the amputation Define who you are, you're obviously not going to do much. But if you take it as a teachable moment and say, no, I am not going to be defined by this amputation. You can do amazing things and run a 235 in a marathon. Like I do. So I would say it might take time, but you can do it. You can still be an athlete even being an amputee."

Yes, I recently completed a marathon despite not achieving my goal time and still won the ambulatory category.
 
Transcript: "Happy Halloween, you all. Have you ever had a loss that still felt like a win? Yes. Recently during the Chicago marathon came through the halfway point and now 15 and managed to finish it. In two hours 51 minutes even though I was going for a 2:30. After the fall, I felt like I needed to just stop and call it. It, I almost dropped the hammer but I kept pushing and pushing and still came first in that category, the ambulatory category. So, yes, it's been numerous occasions where a loss still became a win."

The best advice I've ever received is to never quit because quitting is permanent.
 
Transcript: "This question is from Greg Bennett and his question is, what is the advanced advice you've ever received? Hmm. The best advice I have ever received myself is to never quit because quitting is permanent once you quit doing something, that is a permanent Mark, that will be left. In your life for ever and no one would ever remember you for being the best quitter in life?"

I want my legacy to be that I inspired young athletes, particularly those with amputations, to push beyond what I have achieved and break the ceiling.
 
Transcript: "What do I want my legacy to be? I want young athletes, particularly kids with amputations who needs a role model loud. They need someone to look upon and set their goals beyond what I have achieved for them to break the ceiling. So I want my legacy to to be out there that it keeps pushing younger athletes to want to do more and more,"

I use my social media platform to promote inclusion in athletics, by sharing my story and encouraging others, as well as pushing organizers to add more groups to running activities.
 
Transcript: "Some ways I use in my platform. On social media to inspire others and promote inclusion in athletics. Personally, I share my story of what events I am doing. Like, for example, I ran the New York City marathon, making sure that I speak about the category or maybe I ran as an Adaptive athlete and this is how fast I went and encouraging people that Evite. I can do it. You can do it. And also, Trying to push and asked the organizers of every event through my social media, to add, as many groups to running activities as much as possible."