But I look down at myself, and suddenly I'm in a wheelchair and my leg is gone and I say, 'How am I going to play with my leg like this?' |
He might not be able to play football again. |
I didn't know I was injured until I began to feel the pain, and looked down at my leg and it was twisted at a crazy angle and my knee looked like it was stacked with a lot of knee caps, ... The pain was unbelievable. |
I don't want to waste the taxpayers' money in Louisiana, |
I guess it's still an issue (not being able to play football). I try to hide it, try to be strong, try to overcome that obstacle, but I also realize my (original) dream has been taken away. |
I still follow Princeton football closely and watch the football shows on TV, |
I'm working on regaining the strength in my leg so I can stay on my feet to do all the work a barber has to do, |
It's a contact sport, so I could let it all go when I hit somebody, ... The club gave me a dream. I was an aggressive kid. I loved fighting, loved getting into stuff. Football kind of calmed me down. |
It's like a heel in the middle of my foot that I can roll off, ... It's sort of like a see-saw - motion in one direction produces motion in another. If the nerves don't come back, I'll be wearing the brace forever. They (the doctors) don't know if the nerves will come back. |
Mr. Tony knows a barber who works like that, and he has no problems at all. |
When I'd do something bad, my conscience would say, 'What would Grandma think?' ... She taught me the good side, to act right, be polite. |
worthless piece of society. |
You know who I am, |