Sean Waltman Quotes

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

I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.

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

Great players, they don't get hurt as much as the other players.

You never want to get injured, of course. That's just not what you do, but in the scheme of things 12 years of professional fighting and having to sit out nine, ten months for an injury is not that bad.

I mean, I don't really remember playing a full season ever being 100 percent.

You can't play when you're not 100% fit especially at this level.

Every dancer has injuries, and your injury could happen that season that you were getting that one part that you've wanted to do your whole career. So you have to appreciate every single moment until it happens.

It's funny to me because everyone says I'm injury prone. That's hilarious to me because I've never blown a hammy or a shoulder or anything like that, knock on wood.

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

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.

I think no athlete wants to end his career on an injury.

I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their knees or their backs.

Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.

During the course of a 16-game season, everybody, in the end, is injured. It's almost as if pieces just get broken off, and you give up pieces or an appendage every year.

When you're an athlete, the one thing you're concerned about is injury, because that's the No. 1 thing that can take you out.

It's so uncommon for athletes to push themselves the way they do and not have injuries as a result.

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.

I'm not saying I'm never going to get injured again; that's just impossible.

If I have got an injury, I have got an injury. Whenever I want to play for Nigeria, I must be 100 percent, I want to give everything. But if I have got an injury, I don't want to force myself, because I am going to look stupid on the pitch.

I think that's one of the things I've learned through my injuries is that I need to play smarter.

Dealing with injuries each year, it's kind of like a given that it'll happen. You've just got to push through it.

We've made a lot of strides over the years in making the game better for players to be able to stay healthy and showcase talent.

I've picked up a lot of injuries, and there's been games when I've looked back and watched and thought, 'I could have done this better,' 'I could have done that better.'