Terry Funk Quotes

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

I had to have shoulder reconstruction.

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

Oh, gosh, okay... well, my biggest injury was probably a bone chip in my ankle that required surgery.

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.

The downside isn't really injury, fear of injury or the process of fighting back from injury. The downside, the very worst thing in the world, is surgery.

I've had two shoulder surgeries.

I've broken a lot of things. I've torn a lot of muscles. I've torn a lot of ligaments.

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

I've had 30 hamstring tears.

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've had my elbows operated on, both my knees are shot, I've got stitches everywhere.

It's hard to come back and play when you've gone through surgery.

I had many orthopedic surgeries.

I damaged my Achilles tendon, so I can't run.

Golf isn't first on my list anymore. There are a lot of things ahead of golf and I have to go ahead and do those things so I can play golf. I'm tired of hurting. Tired of fighting pain.

I've been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again.

I'm missing a knuckle, it's crushed inside my hand at the moment.

After 13 years of hard landings in gymnastics, one ski run had delivered the biggest injury of my career.

I've had so many injuries.

Unfortunately I had an ankle problem and underwent three operations.

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

I've had some surgery and shoulder problems.

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