Cain Velasquez Quotes

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 just feel like I try to get out of each game healthy.

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

Every day is an opportunity to fall or hurt yourself.

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

It's literally I'll be injured or hurt in some facet and I'll go work out to heal it, to make it get better so I can hold that tolerance level.

I'm not going to change my game because I got hurt.

I've been very fortunate that I haven't gotten injured a bunch. I try to take care of myself. I think, too, my size gives me an advantage in some ways.

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.

In the past, whenever I had a niggle, I would ignore it and let it heal on its own. Now, I tell the physio that I am facing some difficulty.

Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing.

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

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

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.

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

Like I said, everybody has got something they have to deal with health-wise, and everybody's human. I should look after myself better, but so should everybody, right?

Instead of doing thousands of dives, I am focusing on quality, and I'm listening to my body more.

Too much negotiating and not enough work on the court - that's what happened to me during the lockout. Too much talking and not enough training. I couldn't put in my usual offseason work routine. I think that all caught up to me, with my Achilles problems.

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

You mean guys don't get injured in spring training? Guys get hurt walking down the street.

I had a hard time at Chelsea mainly because I was injured much of the time. Every time I recovered from one injury I seemed to get a new one and it set me back again.

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.

My body's feeling it a little bit. But one good thing, my back is in good shape, and that's my main concern. I know that my legs are going to take awhile to get back to where I was a few years ago, but as long as my back is solid, I feel that I can play many years.

I don't think politicians should be allowed into power who are not familiar with their bodies, because that's where our bottom line is. And I know that they would make totally different decisions if they felt responsible simply for their own bodies.