When C.J. Gable first arrived at the Hamilton Tiger-Cats training camp last season, he was ready for a fresh start. The explosive running back missed the majority of the 2014 season due to a foot and shoulder injury, but he was ready to make an impact in 2015.

Unfortunately there were other plans for him. He sustained a broken thumb in training camp keeping him out of the first three games of the season, but, when he finally made it back to the field, it seemed his luck was turning around. Gable helped lead the Tiger-Cats to a 31-21 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders, dominating on the ground with 168 yards.

But the adversity the running back was set to face was not done just yet. In the very next game, against the Toronto Argonauts, Gable went down hard on his elbow, and again he was out of action.

Instead of being discouraged by the misfortune of injuries, Gable remembered a saying that his trainer back home had taught him; “AGNB” which stands for All Gas No Breaks.

“AGNB means giving everything you've got. Don’t save energy, it means just go," Gable told TSN 1150 Wednesday. "Even when you are tired keep going. That’s going to help you in the fourth quarter when the other team is tired and you’re not because you have given it your all.”

Ticats offensive coordinator Tommy Condell has noticed this attitude in the talented running back.

“He is all gas and no brakes," said Condell back in November. "That’s how he prepares and lives his life on the football field, and that’s how he prepares himself to play a game."

Gable spent his time in the gym getting his elbow stronger, at practice helping his teammates, and on the sideline studying opponent’s defence, so that he would be 100 percent ready for go time.

“I am a competitor and I like to compete," Gable told Ticats TV following Hamilton's playoff exit. "From me being on the sidelines it hurts because I can’t do anything, but I know a lot of kids look up to me. If they see me give up, they would give up. I don’t want them to do that.”

It was his determination and hard work that helped Gable return for the final push of the season. In the last three games of the year, he rushed for 198 yards, including 89 in the Ticats playoff win over the Argos.

Condell says it all had to do with Gable’s talent.

“There is the good, the bad, and the ugly and unfortunately he had a dose of ugly, but he was able to come back from it and be effective for us and give us a stretch run that wouldn’t be possible without that young man’s talent.”

Gable says, in the off-season, his main focus is coming back healthier, and stronger than ever.

“I am going to train the hardest and make my elbow the strongest it can be so they can count on me when I am back there."

He says he will continue to bring the AGNB motto to life.