The 1984 European Championships were held in France and that was something important. I felt on form then, even though I was practically always injured at all the World Cups. It's a great memory. But in any case, the past is past.
As a junior in high school, I had some injury problems with my arm and shoulder from baseball, so I didn't play quarterback as a junior. I played a little wide receiver, linebacker, and safety.
There's a difference between playing hurt and playing injured.
Fans saying a player is overpaid doesn't bother a player. What bothers an injured player is watching your competitors grow.
You can play with a brain that is injured - you can't play with an injured knee. That's the problem.
It's just that right now the athlete's on the floor. But we - this is a super athlete.
It's not like I can't play football with some injuries.
People didn't want to accept that I was injured. I played on a bad knee, a really bad knee, for a long time. I actually put team before me and played when I was hurt, but people still would dog me.
But when you are an injured footballer, especially when you are out for as long as I was, you find out all about the dark side of the game.
