Joseph Benavidez Quotes

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

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.

You have injuries that bother you when you're not playing. When that horn blows, you don't feel it.

Injuries are a big factor when you're trying to go on a championship run.

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.

It's one thing to play through injuries, quite another to play well through injuries.

Coping with injuries is always difficult for athletes because all we want to do is, basically, to have our best performances unhindered.

Truth is, none of us professional athletes are ever 100 percent healthy. We just decide what we're going to tape up and push through without making it worse.

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.

One thing the fans got to understand is that I missed two years, and we took it really, really slow, and we made sure everything was good, and my foot has been great.

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.

It's tough to play with an injury.

Most of the players can get injured, small ones and big ones. But when you get the small ones, you have to fight against them and play, play, play.

I'd heard other players talking about dark times when they were trying to get back from bad injuries.

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.

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.

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.

It's not like I can't play football with some injuries.

I've played with a lot of injuries.

I'm really interested in sports medicine.

When I was getting injured so much, I spoke to my family and my manager and said, 'I need my body to recover.' The first thing I thought was that I needed to stay upright. When I went back to Brazil to play, after a few months, my body was perfect.

The work I do with my physiotherapist has been instrumental in keeping me healthy, and it's a big reason why I'm able to continue to improve my game.

Any time you're recovering from an injury, your main focus is trying to get back into shape, really just getting healthy again.