Greg Oden has infamously dealt with chronic knee injuries throughout his NBA career. While many counted him out including his doctor, he instead decided not to give up and to keep going. Read more after the jump.
In his first expansive comments since signing this past week, Oden spoke Saturday of a passion for basketball that would not allow him to walk away even after three major knee surgeries, the most recent in February 2012. ‘After that surgery in 2012, my last surgery, the doctor said, ‘Just be a regular person, go live life. Be a regular person. You would be perfectly fine walking out of this place and not have to worry about any rehab or anything,” Oden related during a news conference and conference call at St. Vincent Sports Performance in Indianapolis, where he endured the most grueling portions of his rehab work. ‘And I did, and then two weeks later, I was stuck on NBA TV. That’s just what I watch every day. I turn on TV and I’m watching NBA TV. I just wanted to play basketball. That’s my love; that’s what I wanted to do.’
Now he’s a member of the Miami Heat and has a chance to win an NBA Championship ring. It’ll still take some work as nothing in this business comes easy.
