Quotes from Mike Schultz

I take a ton of pride in what our flag and our anthem stands for.

To be on the world stage carrying our flag and representing the U.S. Paralympic Team is a huge honor.

I had a wreck during a race in Michigan, which led to the hyperextension of my left leg and subsequent amputation.

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.

I ended up winning a silver medal at the Summer X Games Adaptive Supercross seven months after my injury - on a leg that I built.

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.

Sometimes people say, 'Oh, you're doing better now than before the accident.'That irritates the hell out of me.

I'm very fortunate that I get to make people smile by creating.

I didn't even think about snowboarding until after my accident.

Snowboarding has taken me so many different places.

Snowboarding and skiing are big adaptive sports, so that's kind of a market that I wanted to make our equipment used for.

The Moto Knee shows people what's possible. It's about guys getting back in action in a sport they love.

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.

A lot of the jobs I had revolved around metal fabrication and creating and building and maintaining equipment.

It's kind of mind-blowing what some of us adaptive athletes can accomplish as far as physical sports.

I'm out of my comfort zone every time I'm on the race course.

I was always out wiping around on the farm with three-wheelers and four-wheelers. I loved the speed and the adrenaline rush that followed.

Fox and I go way back... I got to know the Fox folks pretty well as the result of spending time at races with them over the years.

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.

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.

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.

Never did I ever think I would be competing on a snowboard out here in X Games.

I love being outdoors and trekking around.

Having already used a Fox shock in my Moto Knee, the prosthetic leg I developed, I knew that I would take advantage of Fox's superior suspension dynamics in the Versa Foot as well.