Quotes from Amy Purdy

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

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.

For me, a bad day is when I have nothing going on.

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.

Dancing is about expressing yourself, and the more walls you let down, the better.

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

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.

I like moving, challenging myself.

When disease took my legs, I eventually realized I didn't need them to lead a full, empowering life; Only True Disability Is in Our Mind.

It's believing in those dreams and facing our fears head on that allows us to live our lives beyond our limits.

I love the smell of rain, and I love the sound of the ocean waves.

There are plenty of people who have legs who are way more disabled than me.

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.

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

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.

I believe inspiration is contagious.

Of course, there are benefits to having prosthetics. I can make myself as tall as I want. I can wear flip-flops in the snow if I wanted to. There's benefits.

You don't always have to have the most amazing story. It's learning to share the story you have that counts.

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

I knew I loved dancing with my friends.

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

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.

You can't even imagine the feeling you get when someone tells you that you are about to lose your legs.

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.