Calvin Johnson Quotes

You just never know how back injuries are going to affect you.

I've gone through back surgery a couple times, and of course, my radiation treatments for six weeks got me to the point where I was not able to play at the level that I was accustomed to.

You can't do WWE forever; like, your body will just not hold up.

Golf isn't first on my list anymore. There are a lot of things ahead of golf and I have to go ahead and do those things so I can play golf. I'm tired of hurting. Tired of fighting pain.

I think many people with a chronic illness would prefer not to have their chronic illness, simply because it's high maintenance.

No, I had a back injury early on in my life.

It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling.

At 49, I find it a little bit difficult to run these days. I've got grade four tears in both Achilles, shin splints, I got no cartilage the toes in my right foot, I've got bone marrow edemas under both knees, I've got one degenerating hip - that's the problem you get.

But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things.

I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.

All my football injuries now have arthritis in them.

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.

Sport is healthy, but it can be the opposite of that at the top level. You have so many injuries; you put your body through so much. You wake up at 2 in the morning, and you cannot move.

I don't want to be like these guys having neck surgery, then you got to go have another surgery just to continue to play this game. I love this game but I love myself more.

I don't think I have too many filmmaking years left since I hurt my spine and knee.

Like many professional footballers, I have the legacy of injuries picked up over my career but the effect on my day-to-day training and on matchday is non-existent.

The life of any chronically ill person becomes extremely isolating.

My thing of not playing offensive tackle is the health issue. I don't want to be that big. That could end up not being good for your health.

I was six years old and I had major back surgery and that paralyzed me for three months. When my back got fixed the first thing the doctor said was no contact sports and no trampolines.

When I retired, I stopped playing because of my body, so much pain and injuries.

People think I'm soft and bailed out on basketball. But it was five knee surgeries.

I've had cumulative concussions and realized that's something you carry with you.

I have some issues that I don't know if they will become issues. I have some things in my head, I forget things. I can't turn my head a lot or my brain crashes. I have back and wrist pain.

You can't do everything I did for all those years and not sustain some injuries.

Since the attack I have undergone over 250 operations to improve my physical functioning.