Lindsey Vonn

"Dr Tom Hackett saved my leg - he saved it from being amputated."

"It's going to be a long road, I'm in a wheelchair right now, very much immobile."

"I always fight and we keep going."

"It’s going to be a long road."

"When you have so much trauma to one area of your body so that there's too much blood and it gets stuck and it basically crushes everything."

"He filleted it open [and] let it breathe, and he saved me."

"If I hadn't had done that, Tom wouldn't have been there [and he] wouldn't have been able to save my leg."

"I almost lost my leg after crash, says Vonn"

"It will take around a year for all of the bones to heal."

"He saved my leg."

"I’d rather go down swinging than not try at all."

"The surgeon, Dr. Tom Hackett, saved my leg from amputation. It’s going to be a long road, I’m in a wheelchair and very much immobile."

"If I hadn’t torn my ACL, which would I would have torn anyway with this crash, Tom wouldn’t have been there and he wouldn’t have been able to save my leg."

"I always say everything happens for a reason. I feel very lucky and grateful for him."

"When you have so much trauma to one area of your body so that there’s too much blood and it gets stuck and it basically crushes everything."

"He filleted it open (and) let it breathe, and he saved me."

"It has been quite the journey and by far the most extreme and painful and challenging injury I’ve ever faced in my entire life times 100."

"It's going to be a long road."

"I wish it had ended differently, but I... "

"Dr. Tom Hackett saved my leg. He saved me."

"I'd rather go down swinging than not try at all."

"It is not the way I wanted to end it, but it has been inspiring to watch my teammates."