I could have been a professional footballer and trialled with Blackburn Rovers. But I snapped my cruciate ligaments, an injury that has dogged me ever since.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I hurt my left knee playing left tackle. I had surgery on my right knee.
Up until the age of 16, I was very focused on sport - I played a lot of football. Then I tore my ACL and had to stop playing.
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.
I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.
No, I had a back injury early on in my life.
I've separated my shoulder and my collarbone; I've messed up my knee a million times. I've broken my foot in several places. I've broken my toe a bunch, broken my nose a couple of times, and had a bunch of other annoying little injuries, like turf toe and arthritis and tendonitis. It's part of the game.
I'd had a really bad car accident years ago, and basically, the ligaments in the back of my neck were ripped, and I'd never addressed that.
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 was a judo athlete, while taking modeling as my side job, before I eventually quit my professional sports career over a knee injury.
I damaged my hamstring at the London Olympics and had to stop training for five months. At times, I thought my career was over.