--- description: In a new video, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid lamented that he was injured while exercising at home, instead of boxing or bullriding. title: Harry Reid Laments He Wasn't Hurt While Boxing image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f13b11a9aa6f3ab/6987786c06f2c1644b3333c4/harry-reid.jpg?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Congress](/tag/congress/) ## Congress Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Harry Reid Laments He Wasn't Hurt While Boxing by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2015 8:48 PM CUT  Harry Reid by [Ryan Teague Beckwith](/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/) ## Ryan Teague Beckwith Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jan 6, 2015 8:48 PM CUT Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid wasn’t able to make it to Capitol Hill today for the first day of the new Congress, but in a new video he pledged to keep fighting. The Nevada Democrat, who broke bones in his face and three ribs [while exercising at home](http://time.com/3652060/harry-reid-injury/ "undefined") on New Year’s Day, stayed at his home in Washington on the order of doctors. But in a video posted on YouTube, he said he was feeling some “homesickness” that he couldn’t be on the Hill for what is now his 33rd year in office. Instead, he met with other Democratic leaders at home to discuss how to “continue to fight for good things for this country.” Reid, a former amateur lightweight boxer, also lamented that he wasn’t injured in a more glamorous way. “As most people know, I fought for a couple of years. After any one of those fights, I never looked like I do now,” he said.” However, I didn’t get this black eye by sparring with Manny; by challenging Floyd Mayweather; I didn’t go bull-riding; I wasn’t riding a motorcycle. I was exercising in my new home.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3656493/harry-reid-injured/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3656493/harry-reid-injured/"},"headline":"Harry Reid Laments He Wasn't Hurt While Boxing","datePublished":"2015-01-06T20:48:25.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:20:33.910Z","description":"In a new video, Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid lamented that he was injured while exercising at home, instead of boxing or bullriding.","url":"https://time.com/3656493/harry-reid-injured/","keywords":["Congress","Harry Reid"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f13b11a9aa6f3ab/6987786c06f2c1644b3333c4/harry-reid.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Ryan Teague Beckwith","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/ryan-teague-beckwith/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1f13b11a9aa6f3ab/6987786c06f2c1644b3333c4/harry-reid.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"harry-reid","caption":"","creditText":"Harry Reid","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/congress/","name":"Congress"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3656493/harry-reid-injured/","name":"Harry Reid Laments He Wasn't Hurt While Boxing"}}]}] ```