Gilbert Arenas Quotes

But the equipment to protect the players hasn't developed along with that, so now you have more players out with worse injuries, for longer periods of time.

I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.

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

Before I got injured, football was very easy, I didn't have to work out.

When you're an athlete, the one thing you're concerned about is injury, because that's the No. 1 thing that can take you out.

These big jumps take a big toll on the body, especially a young body. So, it's kind of risk or reward, I guess.

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

Sometimes, quarterbacks just get hurt. So do running backs, so do linemen, so do wide receivers. Blaming innovative schemes for these injuries is shortsighted.

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

I must be the only player in the world who ever injured himself for a tournament by stepping on a shell on the beach. I don't know what I'm going to do.

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.

I didn't think I was going to play that day. I'd have to thank the training staff for getting me on the field that day. They made a bigger deal than I thought it was.

An injured Zlatan is a pretty serious thing for any team.

I'm one injury away from hanging up the racket at any time.

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

Yeah, two or three weeks ago I was fairly snappy. I've never been injured before and this year it feels like I've hardly played.

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

Sometimes, the fact is that you need to think of your health - because what use is it for Ryan Fraser to try and be a hero for one game, then end up out for six months?

You're never going to go through a season with no injuries.

It's tough to play with an injury.

It's always bad news when a player gets injured - dreadful news.

It was tough to quit football. But after I was injured, I didn't want people paying money to see only half a John Matuszak.

Great players, they don't get hurt as much as the other players.

You can't fault a player because he got injured.