Sundquist supplements that amazing story with boyish good looks, a quick wit and relaxed confidence.
Josh Sundquist wanted to be a motivational speaker from the time he was in high school.
Sundquist has responded to those in the online community who argue that the image must have been Photoshopped.
"I would be careful, personally, " says Wesley Sundquist , the University of Utah professor who led the effort.
That was not an opinion shared by John Gu, who has known Sundquist since he was 7 or 8.
Sundquist says the partnership with YouTube has provided new possibilities for his career.
Sundquist, a Republican, had threatened to veto a budget that was not balanced.
"If he were to happen to call me, I would say, 'Look, you're starting over, '" former NFL GM Ted Sundquist said.
It was about that age that Sundquist contracted a rare form of cancer in his femur, which led to losing that leg.
"He's certainly a capable guy, " Sundquist said Friday in a phone interview.
Diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer when he was nine years old, Sundquist had his left leg amputated a year later.
"If you can find a club that's mature enough to handle it as an organization, then you're going to find the right spot for him, " Sundquist said.
After he retired from skiing, Sundquist wanted to lose a few pounds and entered the Body for Life challenge, a contest which requires entrants to take before and after photographs.
"Everyone says 'oh it's fake, he doesn't really have one leg, or there's no way someone can make that kind of physical transformation', " says Sundquist, who is now a motivational speaker.
Former Denver Broncos general manager Ted Sundquist, who interviewed for the Jets' job last week, said that Idzik possesses the sort of reasoned, unemotional manner that any successful GM must have.
"The comments you get most frequently are people saying, 'wow if this guy can do it with one leg, if he can get in that good a shape then I have no excuses with two legs, " says Sundquist.
"I think that it's certainly true that, in addition to showing that interaction, their work has helped to define the pathway, which is a generally important contribution which potentially gives multiple targets, " says Sundquist, who has no financial interest in the company.
"Maybe what is interesting about my Body for Life picture is that in terms of fitness I have come close to the ideal of what people imagine a male physique should look like while at the same time missing one fourth of the limbs that you are supposed to have, " says Sundquist.
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