By Breaking Celebrity News Staff

Forget Ben Roethlisberger, Jerome Bettis and Troy Polomalu --  Hines Ward’s toughest all-time teammate has to be Kym Johnson. 

The tears of joy flowed for the resilient dancer on Monday's edition of Dancing with the Stars, who came storming back just three days after she was rushed to the hospital with a neck injury after Ward fell on her during rehearsals.

Johnson showed she's just as gritty as the Super bowl MVP, as the pair racked up perfect scores in their first two dances of the night, a salsa and Argentine tango, which had Johnson, Ward and judge Carrie Ann Inaba crying.

Said judge Bruno Tonioli: "Every emotion was out there for the taking: It was like goo