Jim James Quotes

Right now, after having had back surgery, I am finally back to running again.

How I hurt my knee was doing something so minimal that it was a little worrisome. To try that motion and others again, after the injury and after surgery, made you worry a bit.

I had to have shoulder reconstruction.

I've had, you know, my leg chopped off.

Physical rehab is often very, very hard work.

It is all about rehab. Most doctors can make you 100 percent well physically. I would tell you that it is 25 percent about the surgery and 75 percent about the rehab.

I was supposed to be on the Tonight Show but I broke my shoulder instead.

I'm going to be wearing the Stryker hat because I'm a walking testimonial to the fact that you can get your knee replaced and still play at a really high level and get your life back.

But, then again, I had to stop because there was too much pain or too much trouble. After I retired I still had one more elbow surgery just to be able to do normal things.

I'm fine, and my hips are fine. My false knee is fine. My false hips are fine. Everything's cooking.

If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be.

The worst injury I have ever suffered in the ring was a torn triceps; they had to take a piece of my hamstring to repair the tear. It was brutal; I was out for 6 months.

For 'Rocky II,' I got a torn pectoral muscle, I got all beat up inside, I had to have an operation to splice things back together.

I've had two shoulder surgeries.

I got over the transverse myelitis stuff; I'm walking great, and I'm playing faster; I mean, I'm just playing all the time. I have to, just as exercise.

Fortunately, the shooting pain in my back masked the pain of my broken sternum.

The doctors said I might not be able to walk again. Today, I can almost run, but back then, I couldn't even stand up. I was bed-ridden. If I wanted to turn over in bed, I had to move my legs with my hands. I was in and out of the hospital for months.

I shattered the heel in my good leg, and it was an extremely bad injury. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to snowboard again.

At one stage I was using crutches on stage and couldn't walk more than 20 yards but a hip replacement in 2010 sorted that out.

I had broken my nose while practicing. Also I got a fracture on my shoulders, knees.

I have had about 15 operations due to the wrestling profession, and I have a problem with an abdominal hernia.

I had a minor back surgery, as minor as it's going to get.

I have an abdominal hernia which I tore and had operated on, and it's not the easiest thing in the world to get over. I'm gonna go on down the road, but hopefully I can get over the damn thing.

There's days when my body's better than other days. It still gives me problems. But it's very manageable. Rehab is forever my friend.

Since the attack I have undergone over 250 operations to improve my physical functioning.