Amy Purdy

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

As for how do I respond to those who want to throw stones, well, I don't. ”

Every day that I am healthy, I want to use that day to its fullest now. ”

My motivation is not to try to inspire, but rather to do things that inspire me and hopefully that will spread to others. ”

In snowboarding, I've always looked at really strong competitors through a lens of gratitude rather than envy in the sense that the better my competition is, the more it forces me to work hard, focus, and be better myself if I want to succeed, which I do. ”

You don't have to be positive all the time. ”

I feel that losing both my legs was a blessing. It was meant to happen to me: I wouldn't have had the opportunity to touch so many lives in such a positive way. ”

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

At the age of 19, the day after I graduated high school, I moved to a place where it snowed, and I became a massage therapist. With this job, all I needed were my hands and my massage table by my side and I could go anywhere. For the first time in my life, I felt free, independent, and completely in control of my life. ”

Yes, there are things that I can't change, but the things I can, I'm going to do everything in my power to work very hard through them and come out stronger on the other side. ”