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My back has been compressed and operated on, my feet have been surgically cut up, and I have a knee that's just going wacky. So I do my own driving, and I ski and skate. I'm playing hockey again. Anything that immobilizes my feet I'm OK with.

— Richard Dean Anderson

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

I've had 36 orthopedic operations, have two fused ankles, my knees, hands and wrists don't work, I now have a fused spine, other than that, everything is great.

— Bill Walton

The thing is I have no ACL. So unless I get surgery, there's nothing really magical that I can do that's going to make it better. I just can get my leg stronger, my muscle stronger and try and support it a little more. But that has a small impact. My knee is loose, and it's not stable, and that's the way it's going to be from here on out.

— Lindsey Vonn

I carry a golf ball to put under my feet when they get tight, and a Thera-Band for general stretching.

— Jessica Ennis

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.

— Dominique Moceanu

A year ago I had a back injury and followed a good nutrition program to help speed up my recovery. I focused on exercise and staying healthy in order to get back out on the ice.

— Sasha Cohen

Unfortunately I had an ankle problem and underwent three operations.

— Jessica Brown Findlay

✗Opposing Perspectives

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.

— Katarina Witt

After my first day of competition I put on compression socks. They help me recover for the next day.

— Jessica Ennis

I had some surgery on my feet, which has helped my back some.

— Merle Haggard

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.

— Ronda Rousey