Paul Pierce Quotes

It's tough to play with an injury.

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

All players go through injuries in their career, but I wouldn't wish it on anyone.

I've played with a lot of injuries.

Injuries are a part and parcel of a player's career.

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 obviously change the way you approach the game.

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.

Of course, I believe injury has stopped me winning more tournaments.

That's football. It's going to happen. Guys are going to get hurt.

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

It is always a shame when players are injured.

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.

It's one thing to play through injuries, quite another to play well through injuries.

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

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.

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

It's never fun to be injured; it's always boring being on the side. You want to go back to help the team and to be able to play.

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.

It's football. Guys get hurt all the time.

It's impossible for one player to play the whole year. I've learnt that myself, and you're always bound to get injuries.

It's always good to hear when players aren't out for as long as you thought they would.

I've had a lot of injuries.

I played with a lot of foot injuries.

I've had three injuries, and one took from 2016 to 2017 for me to recover. Three months I was out because I wasn't perfect, and I lost a lot of games for this injury.