I had to take a physical to do this show. They had a lot of weird questions like, "Have you ever tried sugar or PCP?"
I really feel that if it wasn't for the accident, I'd still be fighting. I would have handled some of these fighters. I would have made sure that the doctors would have declared me physically sound; and after that, I would have trained.
Well, Doctor, I don't have the diagnosis on that. I'll be sure to do a physical checkup and get back to you.
That's all they said was wrong with me?
The doctor who applied a stethoscope to my heart was not satisfied. I was told to get my papers with the clerk in the outer hall. I was medically rejected.
Placing too much emphasis on a yes/no diagnosis, meaning you either have a disease or you don't, can lead even the most well-meaning physicians to miss underlying causes and early warning signs of illness.
I wouldn't be boxing if I wasn't given the all-clear by the doctors, I wouldn't put my family or myself through that.
Sometime they don't let you know that they know that they don't know everything, but the core of the medical approach is that you try to identify pathologies, which are subsystems within the human body or the larger system that are having undesirable consequences.
So, I didn't get moved up because of celebrity status or anything like that. I got in line, and I passed the test. And they realized that I was sick enough, and as soon as the liver became available, I got one.
The doctor looked at it after the game and he thought it didn't look too bad, but we'll see what happens. My skate got caught and I twisted it. I heard it twist and I couldn't get up. All my body weight fell on it. I had to be really hurt to leave the game - we were still in the game at that point.
People who have visions should go see a doctor.
People with visions should go to the doctor.
You cannot look at someone and say they are unhealthy. You are not a doctor, and if you were, you'd realize why that's silly.
I've been frozen for 30 years. I've got to see if my bits and pieces are still working.
The doctors have given me a green light. They have said that my heart is significantly more efficient today than it was four months ago. And I am anxious to be the next president of the United States.
This diagnosis can be done in about two lines. It doesn't engage anybody.
Most people don't have the advantage of being able to evaluate their doctor in advance.
As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified.
Once the surgeon said the skull is strong enough with the helmet on, I decided to return to training with the team.
People have said I have brain damage, but I've passed all of my physicals, all of my medicals. They've checked my head so many times it's crazy.
And then they sign an affidavit swearing that she's not in a vegetative stage. I'll tell you. That's a doctor you really want; they can look at a picture and make a diagnosis.
We have to rethink, how do we get a complete 360-degree understanding of the patient?
The last time I saw this many doctors was in 1982 at the NFL Combine. They flew me in, put me in a nice hotel and took great care of me. All you have to do is just pick up the phone and call P.A.S.T. and they will do the rest for you. I am very proud of the P.A.S.T. program.
I had examined myself pretty thoroughly and discovered that I was unfit for military service.
I was going through some stressful stuff, and I lost feeling in my face and in my tongue. So I went to a doctor. He said he didn't think I had MS or a brain tumor. He said, 'I think you're just stressed out.'
