Amy Purdy Quotes

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.

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 was in kidney failure. I ended up having a kidney transplant on my 21st birthday.

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

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.

I've learned that borders are where the actual ends, but also where the imagination and the story begins.

I've never wanted sympathy votes in anything I do in my life.

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

I got this second chance at life, and I live it.