Amy Purdy Quotes

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Amy Purdy

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 7, 1979

I knew I loved music, and I knew that I could feel music. So, I knew I had rhythm.

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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 absolutely no way I'd be able to handle that. But then it happened, and I realized that there's so much more to live for, that my life isn't about my legs.

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I tried snowboarding at 14, and I absolutely fell in love with it. I snowboarded every day off I had, every weekend I had off of school, every holiday we had off from school, and it became a huge part of my life, not just what I love to do, but really just kind of who I was.

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I lost my spleen, I lost the hearing in my left ear, so I had a lot of internal organ damage.

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Pfizer's actually teamed up with my nonprofit organization, which is called Adaptive Action Sports. I cofounded this organization in 2005 to help people with physical disabilities get involved in action sports, go snowboarding, skateboarding.

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The way I look at it is, we all have disabilities.

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We all have things that limit us and that challenge us. But really, our real limitations are the ones we believe.

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I'm very grateful that I've had the opportunities I've had.

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I always say snowboarding saved my life. It gave me a reason to focus on the future; it gave me something to be passionate about.

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Since losing my legs, I've found out that I am able to help other people by sharing how I've overcome my obstacles.

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I didn't think about money or cars or anything like that.

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If we can see past preconceived limitations, then the possibilities are endless.

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When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life.

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We did everything we could to save my legs, and it just came to a point where if we didn't amputate my legs, I wouldn't survive. In that situation, you kind of go into survival mode, and you find strength.

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I don't want to see myself as this sad, disabled girl. I know that. I don't want other people to see me as that, either.

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After I lost my legs, all I wanted to do was snowboard again. I remember spending an entire year on the computer, looking for 'adaptive snowboarders' or 'snowboard legs' or 'adaptive snowboard schools' or just something that I could connect to. I already knew how to snowboard - I just needed to find the right legs.

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I kind of had to figure stuff out on my own and get myself snowboarding competitively again. I went through all types of different legs to try to learn which were going to work for me. Luckily, I was able to figure it out.

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I think the designs and creativity are limitless with 3-D-printed clothing.

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I am not an over-the-top kind of person.

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When you are truly you and share who you are with the world and be confident in who you are, it doesn't matter what size you are. It doesn't matter what your different body parts look like.

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