Ben Sasse Quotes

I've had injuries in the past and I've always said that we earn our money when we're injured, because it's the hardest time. Playing football is the easy part because you're enjoying it.

I'm not going to change my game because I got hurt.

I've seen guys get hurt from strikes. I've seen guys get hurt from flips. It's the risk we take. I feel the fear of getting hurt will get you hurt.

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.

Injuries is a part of a sportsmen life; you have to live with it. You can't be down with that; it is not gonna help you.

Just like gold, which has to weather very high temperatures to achieve the sheen and shine it finally gets, so also every person has to go through struggles in his life to achieve success.

I've been through worst, seen worst.

I don't like to give in to injuries. I don't like to use them as excuses. Everybody has them.

You can be in the shape of your life, and then injury strikes. So you have to grab your opportunities.

I fought for my survival since infancy.

It's the essence of sport to be able to swallow tough things up.

Anytime an athlete deals with an injury, it forces you to revaluate and refocus.

I've played with a lot of injuries.

No matter how painful something is, you have to take it. I saw that in both my parents.

Life asks not merely what you can do; it asks how much can you endure and not be spoiled.

After I hurt the knee, football wasn't nearly as much fun. I was limited. But you make do with what you have. I adjusted some. I was lucky to play as long as I did, with the different kinds of injuries I got. I played with two severed hamstring muscles in my leg late in my career. I could barely run, other than to drop back to pass.

There is no doubt that life is given us, not to be enjoyed, but to be overcome; to be got over.

Being injured is something that happens in this sport. Anybody who gets into it understands that.

I think I'm a survivor. I could have suffered at least 100 professional deaths. I could come up with a list of the 100 times I've come closest to death, from having pneumonia as a child to car crashes.

You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you.

I don't consider myself a survivor; that's someone who has gone through something terrible.

Sometimes a hard day's work is easier than a lot of things you can meet in life.

You're not going to live your life unscathed.

Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness - a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster - children into strength and athletic proportion.

Everybody has to deal with tough times. A gold medal doesn't make you immune to that. A skater is used to falling down and getting up again.