11 Quotes by Victor Thompson

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.

Mr. Tony knows a barber who works like that, and he has no problems at all.

He might not be able to play football again.

I still follow Princeton football closely and watch the football shows on TV,

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.

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,

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.

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?'