Georges St-Pierre Quotes

You have to be aware. Like, I'm not going to do any downhill skiing. It looks like a whole lot of fun, but I'm not going to risk breaking a leg. I want to be dancing the way I'm dancing now for 30 more years.

For me, the reason I keep working out and want to get bigger and focus on staying fit is because when you do fall it's easier to tighten up and not get hurt. I also wrestle, and that helps me a lot with taking a fall. A lot of what I do at the end of they day are things that will help me to not get hurt.

You don't want to be passive through motion and then try to produce force. That's very scary. That's where you can injure yourself a lot of times.

Any time you are inverting yourself three times in a single air trick, you have to be cautious to execute properly and avoid injury.

You have to train smart. There is always a risk of over-training or training beyond what your body is able to recover from, and that leads to injuries.

I used biomechanics to save time when I was competing.

If you can lessen the chance of a bad injury by being strong, you have to do it.

I've never broken a bone in my body, even though I've done some extreme things.

The funny thing is, I've never really hurt myself in an action movie. I've done 'Wanted,' 'X-Men,' 'Welcome To The Punch,' even 'Trance' to a certain extent has little bits of action and stuff, but I've never really hurt myself at all - not even like a sprained ankle.

My goal is the same as every year - to not hurt myself.

I train, for me, very smartly. I don't train heavy, I do a lot of isometrics.

Think about what caused the injury and how it can be prevented next time; that way, you will become a smarter athlete and less likely to repeat the same mistakes.

When you play for 20 years - and really, I never had to miss a game due to injury - that's not just good protection. That's good luck.

Now that sports science is more advanced, we know that there are so many off-pitch factors that can affect how good you can become. If people are telling you to sleep a certain number of hours, eat specific foods, and drink a certain volume of fluids, then you have to be prepared to listen and learn.

I do know when my body is ready or when it's going to perform best for me.

Our job as pros is to walk a very fine line: be the best but stay healthy so you can continue to progress and be at the top. You can't push the sport and yourself if you're always hurt.

I think anytime that you can eliminate the big hit, it's obviously not only going to be good for your team, but it's going to be good for yourself.

I've broken my hand, I threw my back out once, and then I've had some pretty bad cuts, but that's been about it. I've been able to avoid most of the really, really bad injuries and career-ending injuries.

I like to get the blood flowing and get as loose as I can possibly get. It's not very difficult to hurt yourself out there if you aren't prepared, especially in a Fatal Four Way.

As a forward it is always a bit easier to avoid the kind of challenges that can cause impact injuries.

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

I've been very fortunate that I haven't gotten injured a bunch. I try to take care of myself. I think, too, my size gives me an advantage in some ways.

Big hits are part of the game. So, paramount to every time I train is just to focus on staying healthy and doing everything I can to stay healthy.

A lot of athletes want to have a break, but they don't do it.

People tend to shy away from rotation with resistance because they think they're going to get hurt. Like, 'If I move in that motion with that weight, I'm going to pull my back.' But you're not.