Patricia Highsmith Quotes

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

If you get a big injury, it is not easy at all to deal with it.

I was once in a very, very bad car accident. So my drawing arm is full of pins and platinum stuff. Occasionally it hurts. But I found that after the arm was put back together I could draw better than before. I have no idea why.

I've sustained a meniscus injury, shortly after that I sustained an ACL injury so really just going through that and going through some personal issues, personal problems within myself.

I've done what I could as far as getting physically healthy after my knee injury, and I've done what I could to get mentally healthy after losing my husband.

There's no way I can go back and uninjure myself.

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.

I'm missing a knuckle, it's crushed inside my hand at the moment.

Whenever you're coming off a serious injury, it takes time to heal.

When I was 10, I was hit by a car, which turned my right tibia into a jigsaw puzzle.

2014 was physically a tough year because I injured my knee, and you know how that goes with your emotions and the mentality.

I quit after a bad car accident. The thing about boxing is that you can be a star for five or six years, but when you go back to the old life, it's tough.

Sophomore year, I got hit in the stomach playing football, and I was out of school for four months. I was in the hospital for two and then out of school for two.

I was hit by a car. I almost died. My show was taken away from me. I was frightened.

I had a couple of car accidents when I was in my early 20s, and I used to have such a bad back.

I've broken fifty-six bones, broke my back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth.

I've broken a lot of things. I've torn a lot of muscles. I've torn a lot of ligaments.

I got hurt when I was 19. They thought I broke my neck. I couldn't move my hands or feet, and I had a very bad experience.

Fortunately, the shooting pain in my back masked the pain of my broken sternum.

My body is not the same anymore for training. It's too much pain. I did more than 14 surgeries. I left everything in the Octagon.

Any athlete will tell you that it's the most difficult thing in the world being injured.

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

It has been difficult to get back on the saddle, particularly after getting whiplash and concussion, but it's just about understanding that sometimes it's OK to say, 'I don't want to get back on my bike for week.'

It is terrible to be injured; you want to return to playing football.

I turned up for my first day training with England Under-19s super excited, and I just happened to bang my knee on the floor, and it just blew up. It turned out that I'd completely snapped it in half.