Billy Beane Quotes

That's a beautiful thing about India, they got such a big pool of players to call upon. If somebody gets injured, the replacements are generally pretty good.

If you have a lot of injuries for a long period, that makes it more normal to bring in new players.

As players, we only get opportunities when players get injured and you never want to see anyone get injured.

Always have a backup plan.

The important thing is that when somebody isn't in top form, there is another ready to replace him.

That's one of the things with a championship-caliber team, is how it deals with injuries.

You never know what may happen with injuries and suspensions.

Injuries happen every season. We can't rely on that being a crutch. It's up to all of us to do our best to fill those voids as coaches and players.

Rotation should be natural and changes should be made only when there are injuries and suspensions.

If you get a career-threatening injury your career is done and you need something to fall back on. But if it wasn't for football I would have played rugby, if it wasn't rugby it would have been basketball and I would have just gone through all the sports.

If theres an injury, for a couple games, you can have guys step in. But for a long period of time, it always catches up with you.

There are some ballets you can do for a long time. With others, you have to know when to stop. Some are very destructive. Forsythe's choreography pushes dancers to the extreme. That's why it's best to vary. That way, you break your body a little bit in different places, but not a lot in one place.

It's always good to hear when players aren't out for as long as you thought they would.

Of course, I believe injury has stopped me winning more tournaments.

I'm the kind of person who always has a Plan B. I don't want to go into anything without another option.

You never want an injury as you're getting ready for the playoffs.

It's part of the beauty of the job in dealing with this is you have to have a plan, and that's why you can't only train 11 players; you train your whole team.

You do get injuries in this sport. More than in other sports.

If I have got an injury, I have got an injury. Whenever I want to play for Nigeria, I must be 100 percent, I want to give everything. But if I have got an injury, I don't want to force myself, because I am going to look stupid on the pitch.

I think you build a team and a roster around the depth. That's what makes a team really good.

Sometimes if you kick too much, it can work in a negative direction. If you get tired or sore, you might develop some bad habits.

Not every time someone gets hit these days with a kick, they don't necessarily take a flat-back. Maybe less flat-backs add time to a career, but if they miss some of it, it just seems like you're done.

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

You never want to get injured, of course. That's just not what you do, but in the scheme of things 12 years of professional fighting and having to sit out nine, ten months for an injury is not that bad.

Is there any proof that I'm a bust? All there is proof of is that I have bad luck with injuries.