Danny Ings Quotes

My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of the night. She said she wanted me to know that even if I was hurt, I was still fine.

That's the good part of an injury, it strengthens you in many ways.

I thought it was a little ankle sprain, but it was a little more than that. The road to recovery was tough, but I knew that I had to fight. I couldn't be disappointed, I couldn't be sad, I just had to get up and keep the smile on my face and get back. In the sport I play, injuries are part of it.

Every football player has their own journey and unfortunately my injuries were out of my hands. There wasn't much I could have done about that except rehab to the best of my ability which I did.

After an injury, I think you have to be strong mentally.

I feel great. I feel like I'm in my 20s. I did have a lot of injuries, yes, but I feel great now. I think the path that I had did good things to my body and also my mind. I came back very motivated.

Anytime an athlete deals with an injury, it forces you to revaluate and refocus.

For the most part, if you're willing to work hard enough, you can recover from most injuries. Having that mentality really helps you keep moving forward.

We have two options, medically and emotionally: give up or fight like hell.

Some people give their problems swimming lessons instead of drowning them.

Dark clouds may hang on me sometimes, but I'll work it out.

When you're threatened, or something hard hits you, acknowledge it, embrace it. Don't pretend that you didn't get hurt - hurt, cry, think about it. And then you let it go and try something else.

Whenever you're coming off a serious injury, it takes time to heal.

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.

After hurting myself like that, I could not go back immediately to racing. I was in no condition, mentally or physically. That helped me to strengthen myself to go through the hard times that were ahead with my business, and to be successful.

Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.

I'm interested in that thing that happens where there's a breaking point for some people and not for others. You go through such hardship, things that are almost impossibly difficult, and there's no sign that it's going to get any better, and that's the point when people quit. But some don't.

Even when I was young, playing college football, and I injured my knee, I bounced right back.

Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above it.

I don't believe I throw quite the same as before I was injured.

They said if I could deal with the pain, I should play. So, I did, and for some reason, I started hitting. It was a weird thing. I don't know if it was because I couldn't do too much, and I was just trying to stay up through the middle and not hurt myself.

Anyone who was been injured for a long period can emphasise how happy you are when you are able to be back on the pitch.

Would I still be playing at the top level at the age of 37 years if I had any weaknesses?

I don't like to give in to injuries. I don't like to use them as excuses. Everybody has them.

I've been through seasons where I've not played a lot of games, and its been difficult due to injuries and stuff like that.