Edge Quotes

You're going to hurt, yes. You're going to have tweaks and problems. But you're a football player; you can play through those.

Wrestlers give their bodies to their work. I don't know if I like the word 'crazy' here. What I would say is there are people who have a different relationship to their bodies than most people.

I probably played hurt a lot more times than I should have.

I'm quite used to playing with few injuries, whether it is back, fingers, elbow, or something else. You have to be tough and get on with the game.

I've learned that, bizarrely, I enjoy having a fight. Obviously nobody likes getting hit, but I don't have a problem with it. In MMA you've got to take a few hits to reach the right position.

Everyone knows I like to fight injured. Half the fights I've taken, I've always been injured.

Tough wrestlers have never been uncommon. Competing and performing through injuries, enduring crazy travel schedules and wrestling with no offseason just lends itself for one to have to be tough to make it long term and with success in sports-entertainment.

My high threshold for pain will allow me to battle through pretty much anything if I find a way to run and slide.

What makes a great endurance athlete is the ability to absorb potential embarrassment, and to suffer without complaint.

The pain barrier was not a barrier for her; she could go beyond it.

Maybe that’s why I’ve made it as far as I have – 2,521 miles. If I ran to a doctor every time I got a little cyst or abrasion I’d still be in Nova Scotia. Or else I’d never have started. I’ve seen people in so much pain. The little bit of pain I’m going through is nothing. They can’t shut it off, and I can’t shut down every time I feel a little sore.

Part of my gift as a fighter is being a human punching bag.

I don't care where you go or what company you work for - and I've pretty much worked for them all - WWE by far is the most brutal road schedule in the world. It takes a special kind of individual to navigate that and be able to thrive in that environment. It's a challenge that I've enjoyed.

In mixed martial arts, if you get kicked in the face, it's your job not to show any expression to your opponent.

You can deal with a little pain. It's just about making sure you can throw the ball good enough to go out there and help your team.

I'm pretty good at playing with foot injuries.

I'm used to throwing my body around. I'm used to taking a punch.

There were many times that I took such a big hit that I was dazed; I'm not going to lie. I'd see black, but I'm still looking for the puck. Where's the play going? I'm going to keep going. Same thing in figure skating. If I take a hard fall, I'm going to get up, and I'm going to do the next jump.

That may be the ultimate definition of toughness inside the squared circle - having the will to overcome a serious injury to return to elite status as a main eventer.

Injuries aren't anything foreign to me. I am used to overcoming illness and injury; you can't complain about it. When you're standing up there on the blocks, it doesn't really matter: it's all about the next minute.

I've been injured where you can't play. But if I'm able to get up and move around, I'm not coming off the field.

I've done stunts when I was hurting so bad I couldn't hardly breathe and yet I would go ahead and do it.

Dealing with injuries each year, it's kind of like a given that it'll happen. You've just got to push through it.

I've always been able to just kind of run around, do stuff whether I was hurt or not.

If I can't walk, then I can't go. That's just the way I play, no matter if you're banged up or what, you've got to be in there.