Sasha Cohen Quotes

Right now, after having had back surgery, I am finally back to running again.

I knew that maybe I couldn't be playing again, but I just wanted to get in physical shape.

Playing professional sports, it's important to eat healthy and take care of your body. In the offseason, rest is really important to me.

I came back after my surgery, throwing four to six miles harder than I did before.

I've been practicing for a while now and physically trying to get in better shape as well after the injuries.

It's been frustrating for me, as I've been injured a lot, but hopefully, I can get more fitness and get time on the pitch.

You're never going to be bulletproof, but if you're feeding yourself good food and making sure you're eating the right supplements, I think you reduce the chances of getting any niggling injuries.

I know that to be a good player, you have to stay healthy, and you have to be as athletic as you can possibly be.

All the scientists who are working on solving the problem of curing paralysis say that it won't do you any good if you don't keep your body in shape.

I am healthy. I have been blessed with a very good body, and I have worked hard at it. I had surgery on my toe, and I'm still recovering from that. That's the only joint that was hurting. Earlier, I had a knee replacement, hip replacement, shoulder surgeries, but I have been lucky. I don't feel any pain when I play.

I've always been working with my rehab people, just to keep my body loose and fluid.

I was not keen on fitness before injury and now I am very keen on fitness.

You've just got to train hard. Conditioning is key, recovery is key. As hard as you work, recovery is just as important. All the soft-tissue work daily, all the things that keep me clean. And you've always got to be aware of what you're eating, what you're putting inside your body. That's key as well.

Nutrition is important, training is important - but so are rest and recovery, massages, acupuncture. Your body is your temple, and you've got to take care of it.

I still play a bit of tennis, but only a knockabout to help with my recovery after a game.

You become more aware of your body when you go through a long injury. You work on things you don't know about until you get injured, so different muscles.

Swimming helps with recovery a ton.

I think recovery is around the clock. Are you sleeping enough? Are you hydrating enough? Are you stretching? Are you eating well? Pretty much everything that I do is a reflection of how I'm going to feel on the field. I take great pride in getting in an ice bath after training and just taking care of myself.

The work I do with my physiotherapist has been instrumental in keeping me healthy, and it's a big reason why I'm able to continue to improve my game.

The physio side probably stemmed from the knocks I got as a player.

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.

That's about the 1,000th and tenth time (I've been asked about my neck). It's OK. I'm been doing a little stuff. I got some stuff from UT, weights to build you back up.

I think it's more important to be fit so that you can be healthy and enjoy activities than it is to have a good body.

I go to my physical therapist to keep fighting it and one of them told me if you don't use it, you lose it, but I know we're on television so I won't say what I would often say.

Fitness is defined differently by everyone, but for me, the most important thing is being healthy. As tennis players, what we do is not the healthiest thing. We almost abuse our bodies.