Emre Can Quotes

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

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

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.

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.

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.

It's tough to play with an injury.

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.

A lot of my career I'm out of the gym, I'm injured and I'm blown up.

Growing up wrestling, you get injured, and they expect you back on the mat in a couple weeks unless it's really bad.

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 like to think of myself as somebody who heals fast and can play through pain, but I'm not going to rush it at the same time. A sprained ankle, those are things I can fight through.

I've played with a lot of injuries.

When I make a tackle or make a play and I have a slight pain or something, you're going to react the way you react.

I've been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again.

I've decided to listen to my doctors and get the procedure I need on my knee. USA Basketball said I had to do what was best for me. They want me to be obviously as healthy as possible so I can continue to play this game at a high level.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

I've had three broken legs and two knee replacements. But I'm very good at apres golf.

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

My knee was torn up. I tore every ligament in my knee. It was a very, very bad injury. I had to do what the doctors told me to do, and I did that. The next year, I came back and led the league in rushing.