Amy Purdy

So he was like, we have to do this.

And so I remember...

And being wheeled into the surgical room.

I know.

And it's so crazy because how do you wrap your head around that?

Oh, my gosh.

Yeah.

And you have no idea what your life is going to be like.

I actually visualized the only amputees I had ever seen were like –

And it's sad.

We're Vietnam vets on the corner in a wheelchair with a sign.

And I thought that's the only vision I have in my head of what life is like as a leg amputee.

And I was getting ready to have that happen to me.

But I remember I gave myself –

I gave myself kind of three goals as I was going into – like literally as they were wheeling me from my room into the surgical room, I gave myself three goals.

And I think I did this because I needed to feel some kind of control.

And I knew that – well, one of those goals was that I was going to snowboard that year.

And I guess I now I realize I'm just that type of person where I'm like, I throw myself into things like I'm going to get in shape and I'm going to do it every single day until I'm there.

I have 30 days to get in shape or, you know, for that, it was like I'm snowboarding, but I'm snowboarding this year.

And then I knew that when I figured it out or the other goals, when I do figure it out, I want to somehow help other people.