Gary Lineker
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Wow.
But somehow he did.
And it was really, really brutal.
It was so tough.
I mean, Michelle spent seven months in the hospital, didn't leave it, except we popped out for dinner some nights.
I used to... I was there all in the daytime.
There wasn't enough space to sleep two of us anyway.
I didn't play for about three or four weeks.
But actually, when I went back to training, it was so helpful football for me.
Was it?
Yeah.
No, it was in the middle of the season.
It was before Christmas.
So it was November-ish, I think, late November.
And then I didn't play for a few weeks.
And then I went back in to train.
And actually, do you know what?
Football at that point, it was the only time that I didn't think about it.
And it could switch off a little bit.
And I got back playing again a few weeks later.