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Ryan Shazier's routine hasn't changed much Womens William Jackson Jersey , even after a life-altering spinal injury put his football career in jeopardy.The Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker still arrives at the team facility around 7 a.m. He still watches copious amounts of film. He still works out regularly, often with his teammates alongside. And he still believes one day he will run out of the Heinz Field tunnel in full uniform despite the many obstacles he understands are in his path."My dream is to come back and play football again," Shazier said on Wednesday in his first wide-ranging public remarks since undergoing spine stabilization surgery last December. "I'm working my tail off every single day; have (playing again) in the back of my mind every single time I go to rehab."Shazier walked into the media room with help of a cane and spent 20 minutes outlining his journey since he lowered his head to hit Bengals wide receiver Josh Malone in the first quarter on Dec. 4. He called the moment after impact when he grabbed the small of his back while his legs lay motionless "a little scary," but was quick to thank emergency responders in Cincinnati for their delicate work on the field in the immediate aftermath.He underwent spine stabilization surgery on Dec. 6 and has spent the intervening months remaining adamant he would play again while being a fixture at the team's practice facility, where he has become a de facto coach. It's a role he's embracing, but one he's not quite ready to accept on a full-time basis."Just because I got hurt doesn't mean I'm going to stop loving the game of football," said Shazier, who added that despite the injury he's going to give it "everything I have" in an effort to return to play.Details of the exact nature of Shazier's injury and his long-term prognosis remain sparse. He declined to get into specifics about whether playing again is even medically feasible, saying his medical team has told him to focus on making incremental improvements."Honestly right now, I'm not a doctor," Shazier said. "Every day I take it one day at a time. The further we get along in rehab, the better they can give me answers."Shazier has made remarkable progress in the last six months. He spent several weeks in the hospital following surgery http://www.thebengalslockerroom.com/authentic-billy-price-jersey , though he took time out to attend several Steelers home games near the end of the 2017 season. He regularly posts updates through his social media accounts and provided an indelible moment during the NFL draft in April when he walked on stage in Dallas to announce Pittsburgh's first-round selection.Though he's from Florida, Shazier has chosen to stay in Pittsburgh in part because it helps him feel like "I'm still myself."He's received a massive outpouring of support from all over, including an avalanche of "Get Well" letters from over 500 students at an elementary school.T-shirts emblazoned with his familiar No. 50 and the phrase #Shalieve — the hashtag Shazier made famous in the early stages of his recovery — have become fashionable across Pittsburgh with fans and fellow athletes. Several members of the Pittsburgh Pirates have donned the T-shirts after games as tribute."I've met a lot of interesting people, a lot of people I never thought I'd meet," Shazier said.The Steelers placed him on injured reserve last month, ending any chance of a comeback in 2018. The team also modified his contract so that he would receive the majority of the $8.7 million he is due this year up front.The 25-year-old two-time Pro Bowler believes walking without assistance is the next milestone, one he refuses to put a timetable on. He is trying instead to focus on his health, how to best help the Steelers even if he can't join them in the huddle, while making sure to appreciate it that he's made it even this far. He understands some do not.There is no guarantee Shazier will be able to run again without assistance, let alone throw on a pair of shoulder pads. It's something he'll live with if he has to. Yet he owes it to himself to try."I'm fine with whatever outcome comes with it," he said. "I try to stay as positive as possible." CINCINNATI (AP)Devon Still describes his daughter as ”your typical, soon-to-be 8-year-old.” Nothing’s typical about Leah Still Womens Jake Fisher Jersey , who faced long odds against reaching that eighth birthday. Or about her father, a former NFL defensive lineman who retired after last season and has immersed himself in a second career – helping other families deal with childhood cancer.”We call it recycling our pain,” Still said.Still retired last December after another foot injury sidetracked his career, deciding that at 28 years old, it was time to move on to something else. It was a difficult moment – he’d played football since age 13 and spent three years with the Cincinnati Bengals and one with the Houston Texans.”The most successful people know when it’s time to call audibles,” he said.Even when that means giving up a promising career that began when he was a second-round pick out of Penn State.”Since I got to the NFL in 2012, I feel it’s been a roller coaster,” Still said in a phone interview from Houston, where he now lives. ”I tell people all the time that my life has been like climbing a mountain. When I got to the top of the mountain, the view wasn’t what I thought. Making it in the NFL wasn’t what I thought. I had so many injuries.”The biggest surprise came in June 2014, when Leah – then 4 – was diagnosed with stage four of a rare cancer that affects primarily infants and young children. She was given a 50/50 chance to survive.Still shared her story through videos and interviews. Sports fans as well as people who couldn’t name an NFL team became engrossed in her struggle. Surgeons removed a tumor from her abdomen. She got chemotherapy, radiation and experimental treatments. There were setbacks and very dark days when the treatments seemed to be inadequate.More than three years later Womens Carl Lawson Jersey , the cancer is in remission and Leah is ”just trying to be a kid again,” as her father describes it. In addition to attending school, she’s tried gymnastics and cheerleading. She’s signed up for acting classes.And Still is trying to recycle those difficult years into helping other parents going through the same experience.He formed the Still Strong Foundation in 2015, helping families dealing with childhood cancer to cover non-medical bills so they can devote more time and resources to fighting the disease. He works with other foundations such as the Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation trying to find new treatments.He’s also gone back to school as part of his second career.Still got a degree in criminal law at Penn State with the idea of helping juvenile delinquents when his football career ended. He’s working on a master’s degree in leadership at the University of Houston that will help him navigate corporate culture as he advocates for families.At times when he’s sharing his story with families, those memories of Leah’s ordeal return fresh. He’s gotten to know children who don’t survive the disease.”That’s tougher,” he said. ”I feel sometimes we suffer from survivors’ remorse.”Leah has a photogenic smile that brightens the room – people saw it in Still’s tweets during her treatments – and reminds Still of his priorities.”Honestly, to this day I just sit there and stare at Leah,” he said. ”I meet so many kids that pass away from this. I may have lost something I wanted so bad – being in the NFL – but I still have my daughter and that’s so much more important.”During his daughter’s ordeal in 2014, Still got home from a Bengals’ practice and saw a local television story about Lauren Hill, the Mount St. Joseph freshman who played basketball with an inoperable brain tumor. He decided to visit Lauren and brought her a Bengals jersey as a gift.”They sat and talked forever,” said Lauren’s mom, Lisa. ”It was almost like a bond http://www.thebengalslockerroom.com/authentic-kevin-huber-jersey , like they’d known each other longer than just meeting. I distinctively remember her saying she felt like she knew him forever. Their conversation just flowed.”After Hill scored two baskets in her first game, she visited Still at Paul Brown Stadium and gave him one of her game jerseys . Soon after, Leah met Lauren at a Bengals game. The families formed a bond as they crossed paths at various events.”Lauren’s story came out and, in kind of a weird way, you feel alone because you’re being barraged with a lot of media coverage,” said Lisa Hill, who works with The Cure Starts Now Foundation . ”As a parent, it’s nice to have that camaraderie and know you’re not alone.”It was the same for Still, who was taken aback when Lauren gave him the game jersey.”I knew they understood what I was going through,” Still said. ”Talking to Lauren and her parents put life in perspective.”A perspective that’s carrying him into his second career.—