Sue Barker Quotes

After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.

I loved playing football. In this particular match the ball happened to hit my right eye, the only one which I could see light and colour with.

I've had several broken bones and sprains throughout my career, but the one that really changed things was when I wrecked in 2008 during a Pro Snocross competition. I was thrown from my machine and landed on my left leg and caused a 180 degree hyperextension of my knee joint.

I could have been a professional footballer and trialled with Blackburn Rovers. But I snapped my cruciate ligaments, an injury that has dogged me ever since.

I played football for Leeds United under-18s, but at 17 my eyes started to go and I had to wear glasses. The football had to go - there were no contact lenses in 1957.

I was attacked by a dog when I was a toddler, and my injuries were so bad, I spent quite a bit of my childhood in and out of hospital. Books were absolutely my salvation during those years.

I'm blind in my left eye. Contrary to what people say, it is not a glass eye, so I have to protect my eyes at all cost.

Unfortunately, I used to play in goal, and I broke my hand. Two fingers. The ball hit me and bent my fingers back. I used to play every Sunday. I was quite competitive.

I went through my entire athletic life as a basketball player with only minimal physical setbacks, the worst being a couple of brain concussions, one in a college game in 1948, the other in 1954 while playing in the Eastern League, from which I recovered without permanent damage.

I've had 30 hamstring tears.

My eyesight had always been good but at school I went swimming one day and the chlorine affected me badly. I was almost blinded for two weeks and from there things deteriorated. Then at the World Championship in 2007 I realised I couldn't see the back of the pocket. It was one big blur. My first two seasons as a pro it was dreadful.

Before I played in the NHL I had two surgeries. Definitely I was like, 'Wow, this is not good. I haven't played a game yet and I have two surgeries.' I didn't get another one ever again. I was fortunate.

I have learned the hard way that concussions are not fun.

For me, I still wish every day that I could play tennis again. It's such an incredible, wonderful job to have.

I damaged my hamstring at the London Olympics and had to stop training for five months. At times, I thought my career was over.

I played very well in AC Milan, but I had two years of injury problems. I needed to change team and the city for my mentality.

A knee injury is never something you want, especially at the time that I got it. I was flying at the time.

I would be screwed if I got hurt on my motorcycle and couldn't wrestle.

I wish I could see outta two eyes.

I was the kid that wanted to be anonymous in that I'd put a football helmet on and be a member of a team and go out there and maim people. It was a very hard process. It truly was.

When life gives you lemons, make sure you know whose eyes you need to squeeze them in.

Stop, stop, stop, you're going to poke someone's eye out!

He doesn’t just look upset—he looks newly blind. There is such loss in his eyes, and it permeates every other part of his body.

They did something once that slurred my speech, and I thought, "Oh, man, you're messing with my brain. It's freaking me out."

Jordan ran the London marathon to help raise money for the blind. After jogging that far with her body, I'm surprised she hasn't joined them!