Forrest Griffin Quotes

When you train the way I do, injuries are going to happen.

The return is one of the hardest shots to make when you come back from injury.

I had a hard time at Chelsea mainly because I was injured much of the time. Every time I recovered from one injury I seemed to get a new one and it set me back again.

I got injuries already from fighting from guys that have been cheating. And you're never the same when you get injured like that. I mean, look at my hand. It's broken, it's got 16 screws in it. I'm not as strong in this hand. It just affects you, especially this body being my livelihood.

It's never fun to be injured; it's always boring being on the side. You want to go back to help the team and to be able to play.

At the combine we went through medical exams from every team, the most extensive physicals I've ever had: blood tests, MRIs, heart monitors, everything. Because of my injury teams really paid attention to my lower body.

So much of my career was affected by injuries. Not just the well documented surgery, but the hamstring pulls and other things. Injuries hit me hard, and they always seemed to come at key times.

I mean, every player is hurt every year, so that's not really an excuse for everything.

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.

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

My own basketball background was ripping up my ACL in a lawyer's league.

Golf is flexibility, and I notice more guys injured. You can overdo this conditioning.

As a former football player who has carried a football more than 4,000 times, trust me, I did not go into ballroom dancing with my body being 100 percent, with no aches or pains or ailments coming with me. When you're dancing, you're doing stuff that your body's not used to, and so you start to aggravate those old injuries.

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

I never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation - in particular my stretching.

I didn't think I was going to play that day. I'd have to thank the training staff for getting me on the field that day. They made a bigger deal than I thought it was.

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

I got injured at the Olympic Trials in 2000. I could not jump. I could not walk on my leg properly. I couldn't bend my knee. I couldn't straighten it.

There have not been many occasions when I have bowled pain free and generally you are not 100 percent.

I've played in Test matches before after injury without first playing a county game or warm-up of some sort.

I've dealt with a lot of injuries over the years, and you just learn about pain management and how to keep yourself in the best shape to play on Sunday, and then playing with pain.

Dancing is hard on all bodies, but I particularly kept getting injured.

It's been frustrating for me, as I've been injured a lot, but hopefully, I can get more fitness and get time on the pitch.

Because of my sports background, I know how to overcome wear and tear and how to temporarily fix injuries on the spot.

It's literally I'll be injured or hurt in some facet and I'll go work out to heal it, to make it get better so I can hold that tolerance level.