According to an interview by the Indianapolis Star’s Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Colts outside linebacker Trent Cole‘s surgery earlier this season was potentially “career-ending”:
“(Coming back) was far-fetched,” Cole told Holder. “With this kind of surgery, it can be career-ending, at least season-ending. I didn’t know. I just knew that with my mentality and the pride that I have as a player. That kind of pride that can get you hurt again (laughing), that I would try to make it back.”
“But you never know.”
“I was playing with it for a while and you kind of get numb to it after a while,” added Cole.