Hima Das Quotes

When I was playing I felt tired all the time. My recovery period was a lot longer than the other players. They'd be ok after an hour - I'd have to stay in bed till the next session.

During a packed season, maintaining fitness becomes tough because you can't put too much effort into it. You're constantly monitoring workloads.

It's probably better for me to play 40 or 45 games and occasionally be rested and therefore still be full of energy at the end of the season.

Certain players need twice the recovery time of others because they run much more - not because they put in more effort but because they're playing different positions.

People don't realize the amount of stress you put on your body both physically and mentally from just the wear and tear of a season.

During the season, the teams play every third day. That's a huge workload with some long journeys. I think, in football, we need more time to rest and recover.

When you've only got two days between games the recovery process is key.

My idea is that players need to recover first, train later.

When I play on grass, my body doesn't ache. It can get sore, but it doesn't pulse, and my legs don't ache. When I play on turf, my legs can pulse and ache for up to 24 hours, and it could take 3-5 days to recover, whereas grass, after 24 hours, I'm ready to play again.

We have to look after the health of the players. Quality suffers with too many games.

Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.

To be a top-class athlete, you have to train hard, you have to eat right, you have to get enough rest. I feel the way golf is going nowadays, you have to treat yourself as an athlete.

I had aches and pains when I played. No player is ever 100 percent, 80 percent, 85 percent. Guys that play 158 or 162 or 145, we are all in the same boat.

I don't think you ever feel 100 percent throughout a season. If you ask any player, I don't think they ever feel 100 percent fresh every week.

I do know when my body is ready or when it's going to perform best for me.

Any player over 40-50 games per season will have moments of fatigue, let alone a 22-year-old who has a lot to learn on how to control games and pace himself throughout 90 minutes.

The sport is rough. It does wear and tear on the body.

Fatigue is one thing. Injuries are another. But if you are just tired because you just practiced - well, I'm not having that.

If you train 12 months a year, you won't have any strength for the important games.

Every coach in every sport, one of their larger concerns is the balance between work and rest. We all think about it all the time.

It was very important for me to play winter ball. It was very important for me, my arm, and my whole body.

A life of a sportsperson is approximately 14-15 years long and fatigue will be a part of it, but they have to manage that.

My body had given up on me at one point. And as many injuries as I've had over the years, I truly believed that my body needed to rest and not be on the grind like it's been for the last 15 years.

Eating cleaner has helped me with recovery, to keep my body in position to play as many minutes as my team needed.

No doubt about it. For every player. Thursday nights are very tough for us because it is a short turnaround.