Luke Shaw Quotes

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

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.

Coping with injuries is always difficult for athletes because all we want to do is, basically, to have our best performances unhindered.

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.

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.

You have injuries that bother you when you're not playing. When that horn blows, you don't feel it.

In the past I've had a bad injury, and then struggled when I've got back because I've been unfit.

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

I've played in Test matches before after injury without first playing a county game or warm-up of some sort.

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.

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.

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.

Every time I sprinted 100 per cent, my hamstring broke. But I knew if I didn't sprint 100 per cent, I could keep on playing, so that's what you do. I was just lucky it was discovered in America and I haven't had one problem since. I feel I can run past people again and that feels nice.

I think the biggest thing - when it comes to injuries and stuff, travel has a big part in that, because after a match, guys hit the road, and they're in a sitting position. They're not able to ice up or do whatever they have to do therapy-wise.

At the combine we went through medical exams from every team, the most extensive physicals I've ever had: blood tests, MRIs, heart monitors, everything. Because of my injury teams really paid attention to my lower body.

It's not like I can't play football with some injuries.

I damaged my hamstring at the London Olympics and had to stop training for five months. At times, I thought my career was over.

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 was getting injured so much, I spoke to my family and my manager and said, 'I need my body to recover.' The first thing I thought was that I needed to stay upright. When I went back to Brazil to play, after a few months, my body was perfect.

I don't even remember how many times I've sprained my ankle. I've had stress fractures galore and torn my PCL. You just take a little time off if you have the time, and if not, you keep training until you can take the time off.

Ask any athlete: We all hurt at times. I'm asking my body to go through seven different tasks. To ask it not to ache would be too much.

It's rare enough as an older generation player that you're 100% fit - there's always something niggling.

Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game.

As a former football player who has carried a football more than 4,000 times, trust me, I did not go into ballroom dancing with my body being 100 percent, with no aches or pains or ailments coming with me. When you're dancing, you're doing stuff that your body's not used to, and so you start to aggravate those old injuries.

Professional tennis has become an extremely physical and unbelievably competitive sport. Injuries are the bane of tennis players, and it goes with the territory.