athletic comeback Quotes

My knee was torn up. I tore every ligament in my knee. It was a very, very bad injury. I had to do what the doctors told me to do, and I did that. The next year, I came back and led the league in rushing.

I have to prove everything. Especially when you're coming from an off year after the injuries, and you come back, and you have to prove a lot of things to the fans, to the team, to your teammates, to the sport. You have to prove a lot of things out there on the field.

I mean, I think I'm doing a lot better than other people that have had shoulder surgery in their careers. Some people have never come back.

Being out with an injury is always a tough thing, and coming back, you're never sure where you might fit in.

The problem with being Comeback Player of the Year is it means you have to go somewhere before you can come back.

I'm very happy to be back playing rugby for England again - there were times when I questioned if this would happen.

Amir Khan will come back and he will win back the world title because I know the guy personally, and I know what he's made off. There's no quit in this guy.

Standing on that platform, I said a silent prayer. I thanked God for giving me the strength and the opportunity to come back, to play basketball again, and to be part of that whole magnificent Olympic experience. It's a memory I will always cherish.

Obviously after such a long gap, one itches to get back to the game and score big runs.

People want to see me back in the ring. I think it is more of a drag lying around on the beach.

I want to return to the NBA this season, and help any team that wants me, in any capacity that they feel that I can help. I'm disappointed.

But I have returned to one hundred percent playing this year. I am fully back to playing full time.

I have watched a documentary on Caster Semenya. I am inspired by how she made a comeback.