Ken Caminiti Quotes

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

I can't criticize an athlete if they say they're injured.

My knee was torn up. I tore every ligament in my knee. It was a very, very bad injury. I had to do what the doctors told me to do, and I did that. The next year, I came back and led the league in rushing.

It's tough to play with an injury.

We have physical therapy there now so any fighter with an injury in the UFC can come to Vegas and get treatment every day.

When I make a tackle or make a play and I have a slight pain or something, you're going to react the way you react.

The thing with NBA teams, a lot of times they just want to get you back on the floor to play, so as a player you've got to be very, very smart.

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

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

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

I've dealt with a lot of injuries over the years, and you just learn about pain management and how to keep yourself in the best shape to play on Sunday, and then playing with pain.

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

Truth is, none of us professional athletes are ever 100 percent healthy. We just decide what we're going to tape up and push through without making it worse.

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

One thing the fans got to understand is that I missed two years, and we took it really, really slow, and we made sure everything was good, and my foot has been great.

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.

Most of the players can get injured, small ones and big ones. But when you get the small ones, you have to fight against them and play, play, play.

The operations were big ones, so I knew it'd take a lot of hard work. It's hard, you know? You're in the gym for hours on end doing strengthening exercises, and that's just so you are able to start running again. You can't even think about getting on the pitch to start with.

I have felt in my head that I would like to play, but then you listen to your body and accept it might be better that you do not play every game immediately after an injury.

If I have got an injury, I have got an injury. Whenever I want to play for Nigeria, I must be 100 percent, I want to give everything. But if I have got an injury, I don't want to force myself, because I am going to look stupid on the pitch.

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.

We never want anything bad to happen, especially to an athlete like Jon Jones.