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" Not a day goes by when I don't wish I had both legs. "
Mike Schultz
Day
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Had
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" I know firsthand the way that Fox supports their athletes because they've been there for me since the beginning. I know that I can count on them. "
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" I know what it takes to make myself perform. "
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Know
" I shattered the heel in my good leg, and it was an extremely bad injury. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to snowboard again. "
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" Having adaptive events televised in the X Games is huge. There are people out there who might want to do this but don't think they can. They can see us out here tearing it up. That's going to help people realize that if you want something bad enough, you can get there. "
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" Building prosthetics that allow people to get back to the fun activities in life is as rewarding a job as I can imagine. It's just as fulfilling for me as winning at the racetrack. "
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" I'm out of my comfort zone every time I'm on the race course. "
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" A lot of the jobs I had revolved around metal fabrication and creating and building and maintaining equipment. "
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Building
Creating
" It's kind of mind-blowing what some of us adaptive athletes can accomplish as far as physical sports. "
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" To me, there's two symbols for Team U.S.A.: the national anthem and the American flag. "
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American
Flag
" I've had several broken bones and sprains throughout my career, but the one that really changed things was when I wrecked in 2008 during a Pro Snocross competition. I was thrown from my machine and landed on my left leg and caused a 180 degree hyperextension of my knee joint. "
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Career
Broken
Bones
" The Moto Knee shows people what's possible. It's about guys getting back in action in a sport they love. "
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Action
Back
Love
" For riding a snowmobile, you need to have your knee bent. It needs to absorb the impact of riding over bumps, to allow yourself to stand up or sit down, balance side to side. "
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Yourself
Stand
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" I remember my dad telling me that if I wanted to start racing motocross, I had to get a job and pay for it myself. So I did. As soon as I was able to drive myself to work, I got into racing motocross at age 15. "
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Age
Drive
Job
" I had a wreck during a race in Michigan, which led to the hyperextension of my left leg and subsequent amputation. "
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Leg
Which
Race
" It's an amazing feeling when I have a customer who tries a leg on and is able to go snowboarding for the first time. "
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Time
Amazing
Customer
" I'm very fortunate that I get to make people smile by creating. "
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People
Creating
Fortunate
" I love being outdoors and trekking around. "
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Outdoors
Love
I Love
" Once I started feeling better and healthier and learned to walk on my first prosthetic leg, I realised I'm not going to be satisfied with just walking around. "
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Walking
Started
Walk
" I was in the garage fixin' things, and I'm like, what better project than building your own leg? "
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Better
Project
Own
" You know you've made it to the big time when you're on a cereal box. "
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Know
You
Time
" When you walk, you need the leg to swing back and forth underneath you. It needs to flex at a certain point, then extend as you follow through your gait. Now, that function doesn't really help at all while I'm standing on my dirt bike or snowmobile. "
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Bike
Help
Need
" Snowboarding has taken me so many different places. "
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Places
Different
Snowboarding
" Sometimes people say, 'Oh, you're doing better now than before the accident.'That irritates the hell out of me. "
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You
People
Me
" I'm a huge fan of Fox, and I'm honored to be officially joining the FOX team with them as my title sponsor. "
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Sponsor
Team
Title
" To be able to wear your country's colors and compete in the Paralympics for the snowboard team... it's pretty powerful. "
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Team
Powerful
Colors
" I loved to go hunting out in the woods and hiking, and that's just not easy anymore. For me, to walk up and down hills in the rough terrain, it just doesn't work very well. It can, but it's three times as hard as it used to be. "
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Work
Loved
Me
" After snowboarding a fair bit in 2011 and 2012 to test equipment, I got pretty good at it, and some friends at Adaptive Action Sports talked me into competing at the exhibition event at the Winter X Games in the adaptive boardercross. I was able to step up my game pretty quick and compete. I took last place, but knew I could improve. "
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Game
Sports
Step
" The thing that really stands out is that my parents taught me right from the start, if you want something in life, you need to work for it. "
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Work
You
Parents
" I'm a huge patriot, and what holds a lot of value for me is to be part of Team U.S.A. "
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Team
Value
Patriot
" It was a true honor to have represented my country at my first Paralympic Winter Games and proud to bring home gold and silver medals for the U.S. "
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Gold
True
Honor