Felipe Massa Quotes

I don't want to think much about my injury in Australia. That phase is history.

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

Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.

I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.

I was supposed to be on the Tonight Show but I broke my shoulder instead.

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.

When I had my injury, I had gotten hit, and it hurt like hell.

I was on Saipan when I got hit. Not too bad, but bad enough to hamper me if I stayed. I was hit in my left buttocks just below the belt line.

I had some pretty substantial injuries.

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.

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

The doctors said I might not be able to walk again. Today, I can almost run, but back then, I couldn't even stand up. I was bed-ridden. If I wanted to turn over in bed, I had to move my legs with my hands. I was in and out of the hospital for months.

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

When I broke my leg, I never thought I'd ever be skating again let alone be standing on a world podium. I had to relearn how to skate, relearn how to even stand on one foot again. I had to relearn all my technique.

I had broken my nose while practicing. Also I got a fracture on my shoulders, knees.

If you're injured, it's always mentally hard.

I once thought I would never be able to kick a ball again.

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

The toughest time was lying in a Tenerife hospital with no-one speaking English, next to a window with the sun beating down and my leg tied up, thinking I would never box again or even walk again. It took every bit of shine off winning the world title.

When I was injured after 'Kill Bill' I had a year where I not just couldn't make any money but I couldn't swim, I couldn't surf, I could hardly run, which is insane. I couldn't do gymnastics, martial arts, I could barely crawl on all fours. That was devastating to me.

All of the sudden, my right leg caved in. I crumpled to the floor in pain. The doctor weren't sure I'd ever be able to play again...and even if I did recover physically, the psychological scars of so traumatic an injury might never heal.

I had a constant fear, a constant little doubt in my mind: 'OK, I'm getting ready to do my standing back full on beam and I might re-tear my ACL.'

I've had, you know, my leg chopped off.

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.