Le'Veon Bell Quotes

Injuries are part of the game, but sometimes we can avoid them by just practicing our techniques.

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've had a couple of years where injuries have not let me develop in the way I wanted. When I was 21, after the European Championship, I had more injuries. Everything has been less continuous and it has cost me more progress. Continuity is what got me where I am.

Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.

You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.

No matter how badly you play, you want to come out healthy.

I think that's one of the things I've learned through my injuries is that I need to play smarter.

I've picked up a lot of injuries, and there's been games when I've looked back and watched and thought, 'I could have done this better,' 'I could have done that better.'

People ask me why I keep getting injured but I have just had to accept it is one of those things that happen.

You can't play when you're not 100% fit especially at this level.

Every dancer has injuries, and your injury could happen that season that you were getting that one part that you've wanted to do your whole career. So you have to appreciate every single moment until it happens.

It's funny to me because everyone says I'm injury prone. That's hilarious to me because I've never blown a hammy or a shoulder or anything like that, knock on wood.

I wish I could have won a lot more tournaments, but I got injured every time I played well.

Going in, you want to play a perfect season and play throughout the whole entire season, but injuries are a part of basketball.

I wish there was a season where I was playing and didn't have no aches, no pains, no bruises, no nothing.

Dancing is hard on all bodies, but I particularly kept getting injured.

As a player you have to look after your body because no one else will. I'd rather be proactive than kowtow to everyone and be injured all the time.

I would go into practice pushing the body despite any injuries. It's a good thing but a bad thing. It's good because your body is quick to adapt, but it's a bad thing because you are forcing your body, and it can't recover as well.

I'm not saying I'm never going to get injured again; that's just impossible.

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.

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

Not every time someone gets hit these days with a kick, they don't necessarily take a flat-back. Maybe less flat-backs add time to a career, but if they miss some of it, it just seems like you're done.

For every 100 times you can nail a big move, it's that 101st time where you over-rotate and it can end your career.

I will be the first to say when I know I can't fight due to injury, as my long-term health is my number one priority.

I never had problems with injuries as a kid or in the youth team. My injuries started at Chelsea, when I broke my foot during a pre-season game. That was just pure bad luck, but after that, I had some muscular injuries, too, so I had to get to know my body better.