Tim McGraw nearly walked away from his career after serious health struggles

HIGHLAND, California – Tim McGraw opened up about nearly quitting his career after dealing with a series of health setbacks.The country star, 58, got candid about his struggles during his Saturday tour stop in Highland, California, at the Yaamava’ Theater.“I’ve had four back surgeries and double knee replacements, just in the last couple of years,” McGraw, who is married to fellow artist Faith Hill, said on stage.The “Blind Side” actor said right before his most recent back surgery this past spring, “Things were getting really bad,” with the star “getting depressed over it,” which made him consider walking away from his career.“The doctor who did my double knee replacement is here tonight,” McGraw said.The “Humble and Kind” singer asked his doctor to stand up for applause.“Dr.

Chen, where you at? There he is!”“And my wife has been going through quite a bit of surgeries – she’s had five neck surgeries, and she’s had a couple of hand surgeries.Her hand surgeon, Dr.

Rose, is here tonight,” also asking him to stand up for applause.“So, part one of that story.The reason I wanted to tell that part is because the doctors are here.

The second part of that story, is, after going through all of that for a couple of years and getting depressed over it and all of those things — stuff not going right,” he explained.“And this spring, before I had my final back surgery, things were getting really bad, so I was seriously contemplating and figuring out how to walk away.I didn’t want to, but I didn’t think it was going to get better,” the artist shared on stage.“But it’s gotten better.

So, during that process, I had this idea for this song that sort of dealt with facing age and facing all that stuff that comes along with it,” before singing the song he mentioned, called “King Rodeo.”Lyrics of the song include: “Hey, King Rodeo, You’re lookin’ lonely, Like you’ve lost you’re one and only, Adoring crowd...