Danny Welbeck Quotes

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.

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.

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

I'd heard other players talking about dark times when they were trying to get back from bad injuries.

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.

I thought it was a little ankle sprain, but it was a little more than that. The road to recovery was tough, but I knew that I had to fight. I couldn't be disappointed, I couldn't be sad, I just had to get up and keep the smile on my face and get back. In the sport I play, injuries are part of it.

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

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

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

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

Injuries are a big factor when you're trying to go on a championship run.

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.

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

I've had calf problems for many years, and it has been very difficult for me because I've played out of position, which means more sprints. Ten minutes into the game, I've not been able to feel my feet in a few games. I didn't like to go to the media and say, 'I am injured.'

I've played with a lot of injuries.

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

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.

Injuries obviously change the way you approach the game.

The quarterback, you can play with a lot of big injuries. You get a little injury like an index finger or a thumb that most people can play with, sometimes you can't. I've stayed away from some of those.

I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.

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.

I've had a couple of years where injuries have not let me develop in the way I wanted. When I was 21, after the European Championship, I had more injuries. Everything has been less continuous and it has cost me more progress. Continuity is what got me where I am.

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