Even when I was young, playing college football, and I injured my knee, I bounced right back.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their knees or their backs.
I made the varsity team as a freshman at 15. Then, I tore a tendon and never fully recovered. I was a shortstop, then third baseman, then second baseman.
Even during my injury, I had fun because I got to be a regular college kid.
When I went to high school, an all-boys' school, a Catholic school, I tried out for football, and I didn't make it. It was the first time, athletically, that I was knocked down.
No, I had a back injury early on in my life.
I got injured at the Olympic Trials in 2000. I could not jump. I could not walk on my leg properly. I couldn't bend my knee. I couldn't straighten it.
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.
When I was 18, I broke my leg, and my shin came right through - like I had two knees.
The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play.
I hurt my left knee playing left tackle. I had surgery on my right knee.