Insights

Eight and a half weeks after knee surgery, at 37, he beat a 21-year-old for Olympic gold. It was not a miracle.

He broke the strongest bone in his body at 53, skated again two weeks later, and learned the hard way what rushing costs.

On national-championship night his left knee came apart across three ligaments at once.

A swimmer's shoulder ended her racing career, so she gave the water a different job.

He tore two ligaments on Christmas Eve, had them rebuilt six days later, and started opening day eight and a half months on.

It is not your chair. It is the eight hours you spend folded at the hips before the chair gets any blame.