My name is Jamal James Hill. I'm from
Inglewood, California.
My love and passion is swimming and
my career has been turning that love and
passion into something that can serve
people. When I was 10 years old,
I got diagnosed with this disease called
Charcot-Marie-Tooth.
It's a type of muscular neuropathy. So I
stopped when I was 10 and I didn't start
again until I was 17 years old.
My parent's thing was always, "if you keep
practicing, you'll at least be better
than you are now."
The Paralympic side is just a lot more
written with gratefulness.
Equal if not more work than anyone else
just because like they had to overcome
so much to be able
to do what they're able to do. What I
hope the world takes away from being
here in Los
Angeles, that inclusiveness, that's what
LA- that's what the 2028 movement is
really about.
Whatever winning means to you. I'm trying
to win at Jamal, first and foremost.
