You can't even imagine the feeling you get when someone tells you that you are about to lose your legs. — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
I think the designs and creativity are limitless with 3-D-printed clothing. — Amy Purdy Creativity Copy Share Image
My spleen burst. I remember feeling my heart beating really fast. Beating right out of my chest. — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
I grew up born and raised in Las Vegas and actually grew up skiing. You know, we've got some ski resorts close… — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
For me, I just began, eventually, to embrace what I had. This is what I have to deal with and, not just… — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
A lot of times, people think 'para' as far as 'paralyzed.' 'Para' means 'alongside,' so the Paralympics are alongside the Olympics on… — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
Yes, there are things that I can't change, but the things I can, I'm going to do everything in my power to… — Amy Purdy Change Copy Share Image
I was on my death bed, and I remember hanging on to these words, 'Don't be scared. You are going to live… — Amy Purdy Amazing Copy Share Image
The human foot has bones and muscles and can balance back and forth. If you step and you maybe make a little… — Amy Purdy Balance Copy Share Image
When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life; Only True Disability Is… — Amy Purdy Disability Copy Share Image
Just because I've got two prosthetic legs, yeah, I had to adapt in ways, but I've also become a lot stronger. It… — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
If you believe that you can't do something, then you're not going to do it. If you believe you can, and you're… — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
Of course, there are benefits to having prosthetics. I can make myself as tall as I want. I can wear flip-flops in… — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
Growing up in the hot Last Vegas desert, all I wanted was to be free. I would daydream about traveling the world,… — Amy Purdy Daydream Copy Share Image
It's when I compare myself to what other people are able to do that I run into trouble. It is a bummer.… — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
If somebody would've told me that I was going to lose my legs at the age of 19, I would've thought there's… — Amy Purdy Age Copy Share Image
Just the thought of being on Oprah's radar at all is humbling, but to actually have her take time get on the… — Amy Purdy Being Copy Share Image
I have a very good sense of my body and where it's at. Although I don't feel the ground in the same… — Amy Purdy Body Copy Share Image
We did everything we could to save my legs, and it just came to a point where if we didn't amputate my… — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
To be able to walk down the street and have people stop you, not just because they recognize you, but because you… — Amy Purdy Amazing Copy Share Image
I knew what I didn't want. I didn't want people to feel sorry for me. I didn't want people to see me… — Amy Purdy Adventure Copy Share Image
Dancers know how to move their arms and their hands. But I don't know the first thing about how to move my… — Amy Purdy Dance Copy Share Image
That's really what the Paralympics is about: these amazing athletes and this technology that's allowing them to reach their full potential. — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
If your life were a book and you were the author, how would you want your story to go? That's the question… — Amy Purdy Book Copy Share Image
When you are truly you and share who you are with the world and be confident in who you are, it doesn't… — Amy Purdy Body Copy Share Image
I kind of had to figure stuff out on my own and get myself snowboarding competitively again. I went through all types… — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
In snowboarding, I've always looked at really strong competitors through a lens of gratitude rather than envy in the sense that the… — Amy Purdy Competition Copy Share Image
My dad had given my sister and I our starter car, a red, old 1985 Chevy Blazer. It was so beat up,… — Amy Purdy Copy Share Image
