Careers Quote by Shawn Johnson

I wasn't really allowed to ski during my career because it was too risky in terms of potential injuries.

— Tim Henman

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

A skiing accident got me into all this. Since I was a physical education major and this limited by physical activity. I took up…

— Wally Funk

I had quite a few injuries at the start of my career.

— Leah Williamson

I was a gymnast for years.

— Kelly Preston

I was a semi-professional gymnast as a child. I did rhythmic gymnastics, but I sustained an injury and strained all the muscles in my…

— Gwendoline Christie

So much of my career was affected by injuries. Not just the well documented surgery, but the hamstring pulls and other things. Injuries hit…

— Craig Bellamy

The worst injury I ever had was a stress fracture from running.

— Grete Waitz

I did the long jump and hurt my foot. It was a stress fracture in the left foot, which even now, 12 years on,…

— Denise Lewis

I started playing golf after a broken knee led me to quit my career as an elite gymnast. It wasn't long before I became…

— Paige Spiranac

I broke both my legs in a hit-and run accident when I was 26.

— Andi Oliver

With ski jumping I reached a plateau and the more I did it the worse I got.

— Mike Tindall