Micah Richards Quotes

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.

Big hits are part of the game. So, paramount to every time I train is just to focus on staying healthy and doing everything I can to stay healthy.

I knew my body could take the battle of everyday training and take the battle of falls and bending in ways that bodies really shouldn't bend.

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.

I've put myself in the best possible positions through my daily training and my recovery processes and my offseason regimen and preparation. I break down when I have these freak injuries happen, when the hard work is basically thrown out.

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

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

Aerobic dancing is already adjusting to injury problems and will probably phase out to some extent.

Golf is flexibility, and I notice more guys injured. You can overdo this conditioning.

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

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 never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation - in particular my stretching.

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

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

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

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

I think that for my sport, the core is the most important. I mean, really in all sports, but especially in the sport I play, I keep my core right and try and keep that up no matter what I'm doing.

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 don't want to get too much on the football side and gain weight, so I'm as fast on the field.

Overall strength work - if you can do it regularly - makes a massive difference on the pitch, especially when you are fatigued. If you are stronger, it helps you deal with that.

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.

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 work hard in the offseason for that situation - for injury prevention.

People tend to shy away from rotation with resistance because they think they're going to get hurt. Like, 'If I move in that motion with that weight, I'm going to pull my back.' But you're not.

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