I'll never forget this Dan Le Batard article on JT.
- After being leg-whipped during a game, Taylor says the pain was so bad that he couldn't sleep unless he was standing. Had he waited two more hours to see Dr. Andrews, his leg would have needed amputation because of effects from compartment syndrome, which occurs when muscle bleeding causes severe nerve damage.
- Taylor also goes into detail about what he'd do to get on the field for games, from pregame Toradol shots to postgame pain killers and prescribed sleeping pills.
- Taylor stuffing a towel in his mouth to muffle screams during excruciating shots in the bottom of his feet to ease the pain of plantar fasciitis -- might have been caused by the Toradol injections.
- "Would I do it all again? I would," Taylor said. "If I had to sleep on the steps standing up for 15 years, I would do it."