Penny Hardaway Quotes

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

Injuries are tough. I tore my ACL 50 percent in my left leg. I can't kick. I'm not going to fight without my left leg, which is my best weapon.

No, I had a back injury early on in my life.

I'm pleased to say my knee feels a lot better. It's still not back to normal, and I don't know if it ever will be, but I'm learning to deal with it instead of expecting it to be like it was before.

I was told as a teenager that I would never walk again.

Something went wrong with my right arm. I no longer could throw hard, and it hurt like the dickens every time I threw.

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

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 felt something in my hip but I thought it was something little. It got worse and worse over time, to the point where I couldn't sit down. That's when I knew something was wrong.

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

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

Towards the end of 2003 it was hard to get through training - and the darkest point was when a doctor told me there was a possibility I could end up in a wheelchair.

Having a normal knee would make life a lot easier.

I had a very bad torn groin, my abdomen right through my legs. I was finding it really hard to get in the ring and run around and function at a decent rate. Then they had the idea that it might be better to do a retirement thing.

I have osteoarthritis, which especially affects my knees.

I fell and broke my pelvic bone in three places. So, I'm still sort of an invalid now.

Then I got a bad back injury, and they thought I wasn't going to have any feeling in my legs.

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 a fast healer. I was on the air a week after I got shot.

For many years my inherited arthritis had given me problems.

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

I break my two feet seven times.

Being in a boot is not fun. Being on crutches is not fun.

When I broke my leg, I never thought I'd ever be skating again let alone be standing on a world podium. I had to relearn how to skate, relearn how to even stand on one foot again. I had to relearn all my technique.

I had been wrestling with a fracture in my elbow and a slight tear in my triceps for quite some time, but it was continuing to get worse. As I worked through it, I ended up dislocating my shoulder and tearing my labrum. All of these injuries were on the same arm, so things like working out or even sleeping became increasingly difficult.