Edwin Catmull Quotes

I hurt my left knee playing left tackle. I had surgery on my right knee.

I don't think people understand what microfracture surgery is. It's pretty serious. A lot of basketball players get it in their knees, and if they do bounce back, it takes a while.

I jumped off my lift, smashed my knee pretty good - my meniscus and everything. So I had to have surgery.

Over the years, I've had two ankle operations, torn my hamstring, had my hip resurfaced, and snapped the anterior cruciate ligament in my knee.

My back has been compressed and operated on, my feet have been surgically cut up, and I have a knee that's just going wacky. So I do my own driving, and I ski and skate. I'm playing hockey again. Anything that immobilizes my feet I'm OK with.

On my left knee I have a long scar from an ACL operation. I've had both knees reconstructed.

I have had two knee surgeries on my right knee: that was my jumping leg that I jumped off for years and years.

I replaced three joints in my hips and one in my knee. I'm hoping that other knee doesn't have to be done. It's one of the toughest things to overcome.

After having my first surgery in 2003, having an ACL replacement, I never thought I'd be able to compete again.

I've had surgery on my knee and both feet and my elbow.

I had to have shoulder reconstruction.

There are a lot of myths about my injuries. They say I have broken every bone in my body. Not true. But I have broken 35 bones. I had surgery 14 times to pin and plate. I shattered my pelvis. I forget all of the things that have broke.

I've decided to listen to my doctors and get the procedure I need on my knee. USA Basketball said I had to do what was best for me. They want me to be obviously as healthy as possible so I can continue to play this game at a high level.

Stryker was a company that allowed me, when I had my knee replaced and I got the Stryker GetAroundKnee put in, to get my career back and get my life back.

If I could change on thing about myself, I would: Have better knees. Mine are shot because of injuries. You're only as good as your legs, whether you're an athlete or an actor.

I had surgery to repair the ACL in February 2010 and was back in the gym by June, but rushed things too quickly and ended up re-tearing my MCL in September.

I've had so many injuries.

I've had some surgery and shoulder problems.

I'm fine, and my hips are fine. My false knee is fine. My false hips are fine. Everything's cooking.

I have an artificial left shoulder, wired back together after a softball accident.

Hundreds of ballplayers have performed well after Tommy John surgery, in which an elbow ligament is replaced by material from elsewhere on the body. More and more, athletes will perform with a bit of this or a bit of that in a joint or muscle.

I know with my knee injury, I didn't have the type of medical technology we have today. If I could've had what we had now, I probably could've been back out in three months. I didn't have that.

I've had three broken legs and two knee replacements. But I'm very good at apres golf.

I blew one of my knees. I've torn ligaments and tendons, ankles, both shoulders, both wrists.

I've paid the price over the years, though: a lot of injuries and surgeries related to my sports career; my hips and knees took a lot of wear and tear.