Donovan Bailey Quotes

Thankfully, hamstring injuries don't take that long to heal.

I had a hard time at Chelsea mainly because I was injured much of the time. Every time I recovered from one injury I seemed to get a new one and it set me back again.

Because of my sports background, I know how to overcome wear and tear and how to temporarily fix injuries on the spot.

It's never fun to be injured; it's always boring being on the side. You want to go back to help the team and to be able to play.

It's always bad news when a player gets injured - dreadful news.

Every time I sprinted 100 per cent, my hamstring broke. But I knew if I didn't sprint 100 per cent, I could keep on playing, so that's what you do. I was just lucky it was discovered in America and I haven't had one problem since. I feel I can run past people again and that feels nice.

When I was getting injured so much, I spoke to my family and my manager and said, 'I need my body to recover.' The first thing I thought was that I needed to stay upright. When I went back to Brazil to play, after a few months, my body was perfect.

A hamstring is definitely nothing to play with. There are chronic hamstring injuries where guys think it is fine, and they go out there and try to run and pull it again.

I've had four knee surgeries in my career. I just don't do small injuries. The highs of winning are always balanced out by the lows of being injured and missing games. There was a time when I was out for nearly a year, having already been out for six months with another surgery before that.

That's probably the biggest difference from a hamstring to different injuries. You can play through pain with other injuries. But as I found out quickly with a hamstring, if you're feeling any pain, eventually, it's not going to work.

I struggled quite a long time with my backhand, which was one of my best weapons before my surgery. It took me a long time until I regained full confidence in it again and only tried to keep the ball in play at the start of the '09 season.

Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing.

Being injured is something that happens in this sport. Anybody who gets into it understands that.

I've been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again.

The return is one of the hardest shots to make when you come back from injury.

For most of my career I've been very lucky to have avoided major injuries.

The worst injury I have ever suffered in the ring was a torn triceps; they had to take a piece of my hamstring to repair the tear. It was brutal; I was out for 6 months.

In the past I've had a bad injury, and then struggled when I've got back because I've been unfit.

I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.

I didn't think I was going to play that day. I'd have to thank the training staff for getting me on the field that day. They made a bigger deal than I thought it was.

I didn't want to go on the DL. I want to keep pitching and competing. They decided it's better for me to take some time off and that's what we're going to do.

There's a difference between playing hurt and playing injured.

I think no athlete wants to end his career on an injury.

I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their knees or their backs.

Injuries are a big factor when you're trying to go on a championship run.