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Amy Purdy

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
1016 total appearances

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The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

It's pretty surreal.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

It's really, really surreal because she was my inspiration.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

Right.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

Going through everything that I went through with losing my legs and we'll get into โ€“

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

That a bit too, but just losing my legs and everything I went through.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

I mean, I spent a lot of down days recovering and watching Oprah and the people that she had on the show.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

And, you know, you think, oh my gosh, if those people can get through what they went through, I can get through what I'm going through.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

And then to be sharing the stage with her and actually that the fact that Oprah knows who I am.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

Has, you know, says my name and knows who I am.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

I mean, I just feel, um, it's so surreal and she's just incredible.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

I mean, you know, she's just a very real human down to earth person, which I love even more.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

Yeah.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

Yeah.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

Exciting.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

Yeah.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

Yeah.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

So I, which I have to back up real fast.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

You said I was a snowboarder in Vegas and people question that often, but I grew up skiing in Vegas because there's ski resorts outside of Vegas and my family skied.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

And then I fell in love with snowboarding when I was 15 and just knew that it would be a part of my life forever.

The School of Greatness
The Mindset That Took Her From 2% Survival Odds to the Paralympics | Amy Purdy

And I actually โ€“ it kind of shaped what I did after high school.