“A nurse came to my home everyday. Everyday I had a nurse at my home checking things. It really wasn’t great, being housebound. I lost an incredible amount of weight but I wasn’t listening to what critics were saying. I was just…. getting healthy. Focusing on my health and healing and getting better. I worked hard. I wasn’t giving up. My dad and my mom and my brothers… my entire family and friends…everyone supported me through that. We made it through that. I never doubted that I would play again. I just didn’t listen to what was being said. Or to certain people who said I couldn’t cut it.” — Joffrey Lupul (via korbiholzer)