Shawn Johnson Quotes

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

Having a normal knee would make life a lot easier.

The work I do with my physiotherapist has been instrumental in keeping me healthy, and it's a big reason why I'm able to continue to improve my game.

I mean, I think I'm doing a lot better than other people that have had shoulder surgery in their careers. Some people have never come back.

My knee is as strong as it was before, if not stronger, and it's a matter of getting my leg strong. I lost six years of strength in about six month's time, so it's going to take another year or two to get that leg back up to full strength, but I'm good to go so far.

Countless hours of physical therapy - and the talents of the medical community - have brought me new movement in my right arm. It's fractional progress, and it took a long time, but my arm moves when I tell it to.

Physical rehab is often very, very hard work.

I have lost a little bit of flexibility, but the doctors say with any kind of torn ligament it is not uncommon for the injury to take 16 months to be 100 percent healed.

Right now, after having had back surgery, I am finally back to running again.

The thing about getting older is the injuries. You just get injured more often. You take time off, you come back, you get injured again and you never get in shape.

I've been practicing for a while now and physically trying to get in better shape as well after the injuries.

I could hardly walk for six months, never mind play football. I was limping for so long. I was walking with crutches - as in, properly walking - after about the first month because I thought it was much better to put my body weight on and build up the strength.

It was one of those things that I set forth as a goal after my surgery. I have been working very hard with the trainers and the team personnel.

I think people underestimate when you have a brace on your knee how much that truly restricts you.

I've got to take care of the knee to finish the season healthy.

Any time you're recovering from an injury, your main focus is trying to get back into shape, really just getting healthy again.

That's about the 1,000th and tenth time (I've been asked about my neck). It's OK. I'm been doing a little stuff. I got some stuff from UT, weights to build you back up.

I didn't make it a priority, and as a result my knee didn't heal to the extent it should have.

My message is - keep moving. If you do, you'll keep arthritis at bay.

My back has been compressed and operated on, my feet have been surgically cut up, and I have a knee that's just going wacky. So I do my own driving, and I ski and skate. I'm playing hockey again. Anything that immobilizes my feet I'm OK with.

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

It is all about rehab. Most doctors can make you 100 percent well physically. I would tell you that it is 25 percent about the surgery and 75 percent about the rehab.

All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.

I like going to the gym every day because I'm in physiotherapy every day.

I need to get up and walk around and keep my knees from getting bad, which is what's happening.