Blake Griffin Quotes

Playing professional sports, it's important to eat healthy and take care of your body. In the offseason, rest is really important to me.

You must be in supreme physical condition. If your body isn't right, you cannot play in the Premier League.

We have this one body we've been given, so whether you run, kayak, swim, bike, on some basic level, we need to take care of our bodies.

I know what I need to do to keep my body in shape to last 162 games.

Your body is like a machine, and if you don't keep it in shape, it holds you back. You don't want anything holding you back, especially yourself.

I know that to be a good player, you have to stay healthy, and you have to be as athletic as you can possibly be.

You have to take care of your body.

I have a very fit body and have never faced any major injury problems. So yes, the secret to my success is my fit body.

You can't underestimate rest. Sometimes in tennis we don't realize that to rest your body is as important as it is to practice. We are traveling so much, all year, in different conditions, different courts, different surfaces, different balls - so we always have to adapt.

The most important thing is if you keep your body in good shape, you know what you have to do for your body.

The best fitness and training advice has to be: Listen to your body.

It's important as an athlete to know your body and how things affect it.

Fighting isn't an ordinary career, so you have to allow your body time to recover in between training sessions.

I still work on it almost every day in the gym. You have to know your body and that also means knowing when it's time to rest. Sometimes the coach will manage me and give me a day off so that I'm right for the weekend.

You've just got to train hard. Conditioning is key, recovery is key. As hard as you work, recovery is just as important. All the soft-tissue work daily, all the things that keep me clean. And you've always got to be aware of what you're eating, what you're putting inside your body. That's key as well.

Nutrition is important, training is important - but so are rest and recovery, massages, acupuncture. Your body is your temple, and you've got to take care of it.

In wrestling, you've got to be an athlete. You can't just be a body builder; you can't just be this big strong guy who picks people up and throws them around. For longevity in the business, you got to keep your body fit and together.

I like working with my own body weight, and I just do the best job I can to be healthy and strong, both before and after a fight.

You do what I did to my body, for as long as I did, and it's bound to take its toll.

In order to resist injuries and stay healthy, you have to be mobile and agile. You have to be able to have your body work for you.

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.

Take care of your muscles and they'll hold up.

I didn't know what it meant or what it took to be healthy and be prepared for 82-plus games... Injuries come with sports. I know that. But you can be prepared, get your body as prepared as it can be through practice and weights.

I haven't had many injuries, and I know that's because I take care of my body, and I do the things that I need to do to keep it strong.

I just feel like it's my job to take care of my body. I play a contact sport, 99.9 percent injury rate. As far as being injury-prone or getting hurt, it's going to happen. But it's my job to take care of my body, come week in and week out.