Backbone Quote by Megan Abbott

I broke five vertebrae, and they had to rod my spine because I broke my sternum, too.

— Guy Martin

Many years before when I had serious back pain from a sports injury, the surgeons said they would explore my spine and "figure it…

— Jerome Groopman

But I was losing so much bone density that I would have been in grave danger. And I mean grave danger. If I had…

— Sally Field

I abused my body so much throughout my career that I am literally held together by glue. The stuff I took thickens the bones…

— Sylvester Stallone

I broke my sixth vertebrae.

— Kaka

A lot of times I feel I probably would have ended up in a mental hospital if it weren't for the structure that 'Bones'…

— Eric Millegan

It was unavoidable, my writing. I feel I had no choice in the matter, no more than I had about an unfortunate bone structure…

— Maureen Howard

There was a disc and two bone spurs pressing on my spinal cord. If anyone's had spinal cord problems or disc injuries in their…

— Tito Ortiz

Another time I cracked two of the vertebrae in my back and broke a rib.

— Zakk Wylde

The spine is the lifeline. A lot of people should go to a chiropractor but they don't know it.

— Jack LaLanne

I've got a long spine, so I've got to work on my core.

— Tess Daly

I had fractures in my spine that had to be repaired that came as a big surprise; nobody warned me that I might get…

— Tom Brokaw