Mauricio Pochettino Quotes

There will always be players injured or suspended.

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

I must be the only player in the world who ever injured himself for a tournament by stepping on a shell on the beach. I don't know what I'm going to do.

I've had two or three injuries when with England and it's been a bit bizarre.

Injuries is a part of a sportsmen life; you have to live with it. You can't be down with that; it is not gonna help you.

Every guy I know has some sort of freak injury in their body.

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.

An injured Zlatan is a pretty serious thing for any team.

It's tough to play well - or not that well - when you're injured.

Before I got injured, football was very easy, I didn't have to work out.

It's tough to play with an injury.

When you're an athlete, the one thing you're concerned about is injury, because that's the No. 1 thing that can take you out.

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

You can't fault a player because he got injured.

You never want an injury as you're getting ready for the playoffs.

I can't dictate how I play because I'm injured. I've got to go out there and still play.

At the combine we went through medical exams from every team, the most extensive physicals I've ever had: blood tests, MRIs, heart monitors, everything. Because of my injury teams really paid attention to my lower body.

I mean, every player is hurt every year, so that's not really an excuse for everything.

I've had three injuries, and one took from 2016 to 2017 for me to recover. Three months I was out because I wasn't perfect, and I lost a lot of games for this injury.

It is always a shame when players are injured.

While I dealt with my share of injuries throughout my career, I was fortunate to have been healthy for the majority of our run in the 1990s. The same can be said about Michael Jordan.

As players, we only get opportunities when players get injured and you never want to see anyone get injured.

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.

It's always a blow for a team if important players get injured or suspended.

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.