Amy Purdy Quotes

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Amy Purdy

Profession : Actress

Birth : November 7, 1979

For me, I just began, eventually, to embrace what I had. This is what I have to deal with and, not just deal with, but this is what I have to share, and how can I do that the best way.

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It was challenging. It was never easy for me. My life changed suddenly, and I lost my health. I lost the body that I knew.

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I'm really motivated by music, and I love dancing, even if it's just by myself in my room or if it's going out with my friends.

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My dad had given my sister and I our starter car, a red, old 1985 Chevy Blazer. It was so beat up, the taillights would fall off, and we would use red duct tape.

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When I turned 16 and got my license, the Chevy Blazer was passed down from my sister, so it was very much a starter car.

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A lot of times, people think 'para' as far as 'paralyzed.' 'Para' means 'alongside,' so the Paralympics are alongside the Olympics on the same courses, the same hills.

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Road trips to me are just such an escape. You listen to your music, and you roll the windows down. You're usually going to somewhere fun.

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That's really what the Paralympics is about: these amazing athletes and this technology that's allowing them to reach their full potential.

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We've all seen that every challenge we've gone through, we've learned something from. It's not getting hung up on the challenges but figuring out how to get ahead.

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I have two prosthetic legs. This is my life; what am I going to do with it? And it's put me on this amazing journey. I can look back and be completely grateful and say I would never want to change anything.

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I'm a big oatmeal fan. For my every-morning breakfast, I will do oatmeal with cinnamon, goat's milk or even butter, with apples and raisins, and then I'll maybe do some eggs, say two poached eggs with that.

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Of course, I was 19 years old, and I suddenly lost my legs. It was extremely traumatic at the time, but I'm so beyond that. I've done so much with my life.

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I grew up born and raised in Las Vegas and actually grew up skiing. You know, we've got some ski resorts close to Las Vegas, up in Mount Charleston or Brian Head, so I grew up skiing and snowboarding.

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I've always been driven, and I like the creative aspect of figuring things out.

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I'm one of those people who doesn't want to miss out on anything.

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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 willing to put in the effort and figure out a way to do it, then the majority of the time, you can.

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I was on my death bed, and I remember hanging on to these words, 'Don't be scared. You are going to live an amazing life,' and I have.

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I'm learning how strong I am, how resilient I am. I'm learning my weaknesses.

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I always felt really lucky that I only lost my legs, because it could've been so much worse.

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I made a choice before I lost my legs that I was going to live the best life possible and that I wasn't going to let this slow me down - and that choice has kept me moving forward.

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