I've had extraordinary good luck with my health, other than a broken elbow.
I've had my face sliced open one day. Stunt man went one way, and I went the same way and had a few stitches.
You'd think a guy who has broken 35 bones in his body would have a high pain threshold, but mine is pretty low. I got hit in the shin with a golf ball once, and it almost brought tears to my eyes. I've had broken bones that didn't hurt as bad.
I've had two or three injuries when with England and it's been a bit bizarre.
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'm really not an injury-prone player. I just had that one injury that took, like, two years.
When I was seven, I broke my leg playing soccer. Just to feel something.
I used to try and do backflips a lot, but I used to bang my head more often than not, so I gave it up.
Being a singer, I can easily break facial extremities, but breaking my nose in Luxembourg was extremely painful.
You have to remember that coaching wasn't sophisticated back then - you didn't have the camps, clinics and all the technical advances that are available today - so from that standpoint, playing with a cast on my arm was a fortunate event in my life.
I've played with sprained ankles before, bruises, stuff like that.
I've got injured in one World Cup, been to a Euros and another World Cup, so I've been there, seen it, and had a taste of it.
Shin splints are something I actually suffered with a lot in my younger years of dancing. I know the pain and it's not fun.
I actually fell down the steps on 'Ninja Warrior.'
The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.
