I was in kidney failure. I ended up having a kidney transplant on my 21st birthday. -Amy Purdy Birthday
I was in kidney failure. I ended up having a kidney transplant on my 21st birthday. -Amy Purdy Failure
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. -Amy Purdy Positive
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. -Amy Purdy Strength
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. -Amy Purdy Sports
I've learned that borders are where the actual ends, but also where the imagination and the story begins. -Amy Purdy Imagination
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. -Amy Purdy Sad
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. -Amy Purdy Car
