Ricochet Quotes

Rugby takes its toll.

I'm not really worried about anybody or anything. I think I have a lot to offer. It's just, with your rookie year, your body, it's just a lot. It may seem foolish, all those dunks and stuff: they look cool, but it takes a toll on your body, for sure.

You play 162 days, and you play every day, or you try to play every day, and it's going to take a toll on your body. But that's what we're out here for. We're out here to play.

Man, I competed 40 times in three months when I was wrestling, my whole life.

People don't realize the amount of stress you put on your body both physically and mentally from just the wear and tear of a season.

As far as wrestling goes, as long as my body is able to withstand the physical beating, I will keep wrestling.

Squash - that's not exercise, it's flagellation.

The thing is the game is getting tougher and tougher and we have to ask a lot of our bodies.

In gymnastics, smaller will always be better in many ways. The stress in the head, that will be the same for all. But the stress on the body and the concussions it must endure, that will always be easier for the little ones.

Playing 10 years in the NHL, almost 600 games, there's going to be some wear and tear for everybody.

I love catching, being involved in every pitch of the game; obviously, it beats you up both mentally and physically.

You spend some time raising a child in London, carrying it around on one side of your body - it puts your back out!

I've always known that sporting people frequently suffer from joint problems because of the repeated strain they put on their bodies to get to the top. But somehow I never thought it would happen to me.

So, baseball is probably more physical of the two mentally.

A lot of wear and tear on my body. I've been blessed not to have too many surgeries.

The thing I don't miss is waking up in the morning, hurting, the grind of the game.

If you've never stepped in a wrestling ring, and you're with me, we can still have an excellent wrestling match, because that's how good I believe I am.

Training for five-round fights is too much for the body.

My first few years in the league, I was relying on my athleticism to get me by, because that's what got me to the NBA. The problem with that is, you end up getting really, really tired by February.

The sport is rough. It does wear and tear on the body.

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

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.

There's going to be wear and tear on your body; that's just the nature of the sport, no matter if you're a rookie or if you're 10 years deep in the league.

You imagine running 120 miles a week, week in, week out, for the past four or five years. It takes a little bit out of you.

My dad has kind of been the standard for me, he played 16 years in the league, and since I've been in the league, every year that I go through and deal with the scratches, the bumps and bruises, just the grind that it is to go through one NBA season.