Quotes About Recovery

I'm going to be wearing the Stryker hat because I'm a walking testimonial to the fact that you can get your knee replaced and still play at a really high level and get your life back.

I retired because I had a knee injury, my cartilage was wearing out, it was painful and I couldn't put in the four hours of practice each day that I needed to.

The entire economy, of course, is locked in a down cycle right now. Last time we weathered this was during another Bush presidency in '90. We were locked in it for a year and a half and everyone came out of it.

After I had the Caesarean, I was told I had really strong stomach muscles and so would heal very quickly. And I did. I was up walking about within three hours. Six days after having her, I was out shopping and shortly after that I made it to David Walliams' wedding.

I don't think physical therapy is part of most people's wedding routines.

Last Wednesday, I stupidly dropped my iPhone in the bath, and my life has sort of spiraled almost out of control.

I always tell people, 'The week after your fight is just a very good time.' You get to release, relax, unwind mentally - everything.

I've been drunk for about a week now, and I thought it might sober me up to sit in a library.

In the Premier League you know you'll play a certain amount of matches so you can always think 'I'll put it right next week' if you lose.

You can recover from a concussion in a week. But a knee injury can end your career.

I can feel my body is starting to get tired, all that training, which I've been doing three or four times a week since I was eight, and recovery is taking longer.

I will say that there is an inordinate amount of medicine in my novels, especially the first one. There are a lot of medical things that happen. A hip fracture, three different kinds of lung cancer, pneumonia, blood poisoning, and so on.

I've been in the emergency room for food poisoning.

I was knocked down and dragged by a police Land Rover in a hit-and-run.

I had a mild case of polio as a child. Not enough to cripple me, but it was polio. I still have an atrophy on the right side of my back.

I was labeled 'P-E-A,' which is patient expired on arrival. I guess that's the politically correct way of saying you didn't make it.

Most people take long breaks after Olympics. I needed some normalcy back in my life, so I came back to the pool.

The music industry is in such poor shape; it's in a really bad way, and a lot of people in the industry are very depressed.

Falling asleep is like landing a plane. It takes time. You've got to sort of gradually descend. I think one of the problems with insufficient sleep is people are not very good at predicting how poorly they are doing when they are under-slept.

I have a metal plate in my head, and can pop my shoulder and pop it back.

Service members are more likely to have PTSD, but it's common in the general population as well.

When I was in Portland, there were some dark times for me.

When you are injured you have to keep a positive mindset and keep moving forward.

When our jewellery business went into receivership we avoided bankruptcy by selling our houses and possessions.