Rob Gronkowski Quotes

I had a minor back surgery, as minor as it's going to get.

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

I replaced three joints in my hips and one in my knee. I'm hoping that other knee doesn't have to be done. It's one of the toughest things to overcome.

I had two surgeries during the early part of 2012, and I was advised to restrict my work load.

When you have an injury, you are hindered a little bit.

I know my knee's going to heal. I know it's going to get back. I just don't know when.

Anytime you have an injury, you're going to be iffy about stuff.

I've broken my ankle in two spots. Fortunately, it was a relatively clean break, so it's remained in position. The bone has remained in position. I don't require surgery. I will have to rest it, though. It's a broken ankle.

But in 2000, the injuries really started to kick in and my elbow gave a lot of problems. At the end of the year I had to take 20 months off before I could come back into the game.

I've decided to listen to my doctors and get the procedure I need on my knee. USA Basketball said I had to do what was best for me. They want me to be obviously as healthy as possible so I can continue to play this game at a high level.

I'm here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I'm not sure which is more painful.

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.

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.

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

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.

Then I got a bad back injury, and they thought I wasn't going to have any feeling in my legs.

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.

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 only know it takes weeks to recover, as if one had been in a car accident.

If you're injured, it changes the way you move. If you're injured, it changes the way you talk.

The worst injury I have ever suffered in the ring was a torn triceps; they had to take a piece of my hamstring to repair the tear. It was brutal; I was out for 6 months.

I haven't had any problems with my back since I got the foot surgery.

I recently have had a full hip replacement and a liver transplant, and I'm getting used to the medication.

The knee just isn't 100 percent. It's hard to be out there when you know that you can't play at your best and could potentially make it worse.

I had reconstructive pectoral surgery, I had a cervical neck fusion and a scope, and the scope was the toughest.