The Bears tight end spoke out in an emotional interview.
“I just remember telling the doc, ‘Save my leg, please.'” Zach Miller shares his emotional story, daily motivation and inspirational outlook. pic.twitter.com/CVbd5BvAeb
Bears tight end Zach Miller had one of those horrifying football injuries that didn’t just threaten his football career – it was a gruesome knee injury that could have potentially cost him his leg. In an emotional interview posted on the Bears official account, he recalled the moment it happened – and how he was at first, more concerned with making the play.
“I remember coming over and I remember getting one and when I secured it, I felt my leg pop. I wasn’t sure that it was that bad – I knew I had an injury. But in my mind, it was just ‘hold onto the ball as long as you can’. Sitting there on the ground, I remember taking and setting it down… I wasn’t in pain, I was actually calm.”
Later, when the severity of the injury set in, Miller said he just remembered telling the doctor at the hospital: “Save my leg, please.”
“I think the first couple of days were the worst, just trying to understand it. And then once I realized ‘alright, worrying about that, wondering why, the what ifs aren’t going to help’, I got to be able to accept it and that was good.”
Miller said he was inspired by a 16-year-old player who had a similar injury – and without the same care that Miller received, ended up losing his leg.
“He helps me. He’s a special kid. He gets me through everything.”
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