Able Quote by Chris Sharma

When I was 17, I blew out my knee bouldering, and I wasn't able to climb for a year. It was hard for me…

— Chris Sharma

I started climbing in my late teens, but I wasn't passionate about it back then. My first experience was being dragged up peaks by…

— Steve Backshall

I had a series of childhood illnesses... scarlet fever… pneumonia… Polio. I walked with braces until I was at least nine years old. My…

— Wilma Rudolph

Something my mom taught me when I was little is that everything happens for a reason. Retiring was scary and it was tough to…

— Shawn Johnson

I remember being 32 years old and feeling great, better than ever physically. Then at 33, I tore my shoulder and was out for…

— Forrest Griffin

I had injuries - even when I was younger, I had problems with my back. I had to grow up very fast.

— Jerome Boateng

Of course, I was 19 years old, and I suddenly lost my legs. It was extremely traumatic at the time, but I'm so beyond…

— Amy Purdy

I had two big injuries, one in my back my rookie year and when I was in Denver, my knee.

— Danilo Gallinari

I jumped off my lift, smashed my knee pretty good - my meniscus and everything. So I had to have surgery.

— Shawn Crahan

When I was younger, I always thought, 'I can do anything' but I felt myself turning slower, picking up hamstring injuries. It went from…

— Micah Richards

I remember when I started climbing more seriously. That was when I was six years old.

— Adam Ondra

When I was 18, I broke my leg, and my shin came right through - like I had two knees.

— Tony McCoy