Joey Chestnut Quotes

That's about the 1,000th and tenth time (I've been asked about my neck). It's OK. I'm been doing a little stuff. I got some stuff from UT, weights to build you back up.

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

Whenever you're coming off a serious injury, it takes time to heal.

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

Any time you're recovering from an injury, your main focus is trying to get back into shape, really just getting healthy again.

Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing.

I go to my physical therapist to keep fighting it and one of them told me if you don't use it, you lose it, but I know we're on television so I won't say what I would often say.

I didn't make it a priority, and as a result my knee didn't heal to the extent it should have.

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 only way to get a three to four-month break would be to tear a tendon or a hamstring or something like that.

I got kicked out of ballet class because I pulled a groin muscle. It wasn't mine.

The worst injury I have ever suffered in the ring was a torn triceps; they had to take a piece of my hamstring to repair the tear. It was brutal; I was out for 6 months.

I don't think I have the mileage on me to really complain of any injuries yet.

Sport is healthy, but it can be the opposite of that at the top level. You have so many injuries; you put your body through so much. You wake up at 2 in the morning, and you cannot move.

I've had a few injuries and if you can't carry on, that's always a bad sign. Sometimes it's bruising or sometimes it's a nerve that stops you.

It's tough to play with an injury.

Any athlete will tell you that it's the most difficult thing in the world being injured.

I don't want to think much about my injury in Australia. That phase is history.

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

I know my knee's going to heal. I know it's going to get back. I just don't know when.

Any type of discomfort is going to alter the way I throw the ball. If I alter the way I throw the ball, I run the risk of major injury to my arm.

It's just important for me to be healthy and just to take care of my body. Fans will appreciate the sacrifices we make with our bodies but I was just working a little more hurt than I should.

I never had any major surgeries or anything like that. I've had a few career-threatening injuries, but I bounced back from them.

I was thinking about making a comeback, until I pulled a muscle vacuuming.

It's frustrating when you want to play but can't. I didn't touch a racket for three weeks and when I started playing again last week, I still felt some pain in my wrist.