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I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.

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.

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

I'm pleased to say my knee feels a lot better. It's still not back to normal, and I don't know if it ever will be, but I'm learning to deal with it instead of expecting it to be like it was before.

I had a very bad torn groin, my abdomen right through my legs. I was finding it really hard to get in the ring and run around and function at a decent rate. Then they had the idea that it might be better to do a retirement thing.

I've got a terrible knee from too much tennis.

I'm fine, except, you know, I broke my pelvis. And that's not much fun.

I'd just like to be able to walk without pain or run without a limp.

My knee has always given me problems. But it got to the point where I actually had to start giving up things. And I hate that.

I've got two artificial knees, I have an artificial shoulder, and I'm reasonably healthy given the damage I've done to myself. Everything hurts.

Osteoarthritis is a tough thing, brother. If my knee was broke, I would have had it fixed. But my situation is totally different. It's painful as hell is all I can say.

A lot of people believe that I retired from the game of football because of concussions - that is not accurate. I really retired primarily because of a degenerative back condition that I had.

I don't regret the decision to retire. My body was losing its edge. I was taking longer to recover from injuries. You have to get out at some point.

I'm lucky the arthritis happened at the time that it did because of the record.

I can't swim at the level I used to. I had to retire because of an injury to my shoulder.

I fell and broke my pelvic bone in three places. So, I'm still sort of an invalid now.

Unfortunately I had an ankle problem and underwent three operations.

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.

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.

My biggest fear had always been getting hurt, and not being able to leave the game as a player on my own terms.

As a former football player who has carried a football more than 4,000 times, trust me, I did not go into ballroom dancing with my body being 100 percent, with no aches or pains or ailments coming with me. When you're dancing, you're doing stuff that your body's not used to, and so you start to aggravate those old injuries.

Even now with the operation, with the damage done, my ankle probably is never going to be back to 100 per cent.

I tore my ACL playing basketball.

My spine healed incorrectly. There were long periods when I'd be perfectly all right, and then there were many other times when I wasn't, when my back would give out and throw me down to the floor amid waves of nauseating pain.

Not a portion of each day but a portion of each life ought to be allotted to essential labor, while the remaining years should be completely dedicated to leisure, appreciation — and a goal.