William Shockley Quotes

I got into theatre kinda late by some standards, and I sorta fell into it. I had broken my ankle playing football, and my high school was doing a production of 'Barnum.' I could juggle, and my mom really wanted to get me out of the house. She said since I wasn't playing football and couldn't wrestle, maybe I should audition for the show.

Unfortunately I had an ankle problem and underwent three operations.

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

I had a classic gym teacher in junior high who wore a weightlifter's belt all the time.

Whenever I have a little time off, I try to go back to my farm in South Africa. I'll spend time with my family and hunt antelope, kudu and springbok. During a 2010 hunting trip, I tore some ligaments in my ankle when I stepped in a hole.

Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.

I'd just like to be able to walk without pain or run without a limp.

The last thing I ever thought would ever happen to me was losing my legs.

Even now with the operation, with the damage done, my ankle probably is never going to be back to 100 per cent.

I don't pay attention to the number of birthdays. It's weird when I say I'm 53. It just is crazy that I'm 53. I think I'm very immature. I feel like a kid. That's why my back goes out all the time, because I completely forget I can't do certain things anymore - like doing the plank for 10 minutes.

Golfers who play a lot of courses often encounter short ledges or retaining walls, and I always had fun hopping down from them. I could jump off something six feet high and land like a cat, no problem. Well, today I can't jump off anything higher than two feet without it just killing me.

You can't go out to the mound hobbling and take a pitcher out with a cane.

I can't play guitar if I blow my arm out.

People think I played 10 years. I only played 68 games.

I wake up sometimes, and I have this limp, and I'm, like, What if someone chases me, and it's on a bad-knee day? I need to be able to get away.

I jumped off a platform, was supposed to land on a roof and slide down it, but I cleared the roof and landed on my ankle - snapped that to one side.

I'm not sure if I can swagger anymore, but I can limp with the best of them.

I fell down in Hyde Park with a friend who'd had a hip operation, and neither of us could get up again. People must have thought we were a couple of drunks rolling around and walked on by.

When you have an injury, you are hindered a little bit.

When I lost seven of my toes on Nanga Parbat and small parts of my fingertips I knew I'd never be a great rock climber. So I specialized in high-altitude climbing.

People think I'm accident-prone when they see me on crutches, but I do eight shows a week.

I played with high ankle sprains.

Education in Bavaria is tough. You fail sports, you have to repeat the year.

When you get hurt it's hard to judge when it's the right time to pull out of a fight.

I damaged my legs and ankles many years ago when doing concerts and falling off stage.