Bob Harper Quotes

I'm one injury away from hanging up the racket at any time.

I haven't been injured at all. It's just one of those things which does happen in football.

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

When you play trying to avoid injuries, that's when you get hurt.

I want to exit from this sport with my head intact.

I definitely find myself, as I get older, a lot more aware and concerned with the health of the sport.

Every injury is specific to what has happened, but the advice that I will give is that if you have a lower body injury, to work your upper body out. If you have an upper body injury, work your lower body out. Again, move what is not broken and you will definitely feel better.

So much of my game is owed to Thierry. We text regularly.

Every time I sprinted 100 per cent, my hamstring broke. But I knew if I didn't sprint 100 per cent, I could keep on playing, so that's what you do. I was just lucky it was discovered in America and I haven't had one problem since. I feel I can run past people again and that feels nice.

Everyone who has had success in his or her field of endeavor has had a mentor along the way.

No matter how badly you play, you want to come out healthy.

I busted my butt in '15. Then in '16, I broke my arm running into a wall, so then I got scared of running into walls because I didn't want to get hurt again.

College kids want to be coached. They want to be taught. They might resist it a little bit early on, but the more you give, the more you get back.

I think injuries happen. You can prevent a lot of them, but some of them you can't.

When I first got to Oklahoma, it was really a blessing that coach Sutton was at Oklahoma State. He made me a better coach.

One thing I thought of, I call it By Sea, By Land, By Foot. It'd be a 100-mile paddle, a 100-mile run, and a 100-mile bike, back-to-back-to-back. But I don't want to end up in the hospital.

It is crucial to have an injury seen to quickly.

A lot of the magic that is behind success can be unlocked through mentorships. Mentorships are a fundamental part of the success equation.

Certainly every manager I've played under you take things from them. That's just part of gaining all that knowledge over the years. Some good, some not so good, but it's all part of the process.

I'm not in the business to get hit and take concussions.

I believe in outgrowing a mentor and getting a new one, and I think that you can never be too old to be schooled by your mentor.

Our schedule is intense. We do this for five nights a week, so injuries can happen very easily with the demands of the job. It's just the nature of what we do and sports in general.

I've been very, very lucky because I've had so many great mentors.

Everything we do in general, there's gonna be a percentage of risk. Me, making my entrance to the ring, there's actually a percentage of risk I'm going to trip and fall and hurt myself. Me, getting up on the apron, there's a percentage of risk.

It's unfair to think that we can do what we do with the intensity that we do it and expect injuries to not happen.