Flea Quotes

I have to change a lot of things before I become a good marathon runner.

I have to listen to my body - and it's telling me not to run long distances. So how do you train for a race when you know you won't have the same result as before? And should you even join if you know you can't run the whole race? Absolutely - just run-walk it.

I've never enjoyed my running more. I also do 200 sit-ups a day, 60 push-ups, and a lot of stretching. I've had some back issues. I think the stretching helps with that.

A doable goal for me is to finish a marathon under four hours. I'm doing all the training, but the hardest part is eating right.

I want to reduce my risks as much as possible and hopefully be able to go to the World Cup fit, ready and healthy.

I'm trying to let winning the world championships settle in right now before I begin training again shortly. During the skating season, we skate on average 20 kilometres a day. On top of that, we're riding a lot and lifting a lot of weights.

The thing about the NBA, any pro sport, is, guys don't know how to take care of their body.

I've completed the first part of my preparations without injury problems. My speed is good and I'm doing lots of volume for strength.

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.

You have to prepare yourself mentally and physically by training and knowing how to take care of yourself the best you can so that you're able to fight and get to where you want to be.

Actually, when I don't have a fight I'm training the hardest because I'm not worried about getting hurt.

Take care of your muscles and they'll hold up.

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 don't think you ever feel 100 percent throughout a season. If you ask any player, I don't think they ever feel 100 percent fresh every week.

I want to last in my career, and that relies on the way my body performs. So I need to take care of it.

That's something I kind of started Week 1, so when it got to where I'm getting a little beat up, I have a routine already for getting my body back together. Just getting in the cold tank, making sure you're getting massages.

The big goal is playing in June, so I'd rather be in the best shape I can be in health-wise than be dragging with nagging injuries or not being 100 percent trying to get to the Finals.

I've always been a person who likes to take care of myself, but there is so much to do behind the scenes, and I love to just focus on the tennis.

When I travel I have a full-time physio that I pay for myself. He also handles strength and conditioning.

I basically live for the game. You constantly have to train yourself and take care of your well-being - your mind and your body. In the morning, I usually train. In the afternoon, I do everything I need to do in order to remain physically healthy. Basically, that is my entire day until about 6 or 7 P.M.

Of course, on the road with me, I've got my coach, my own private physiotherapist. Back home, I have another coach who coaches me and also does all my racquets. I have a fitness trainer. I have a mental coach. It's a pretty big team.

You don't want to get too far ahead of yourself; you just want to take care of your body and make sure you're doing the right things to give yourself a chance to get through the season.

I think it's important to feel good so that the football can take care of itself. If everything else is organised and ready to go, then you're free to play football.

You manage your injuries if you're serious about fighting.

What you do on the field can only be a positive if you take care of what you need to off the field, and that means recovery and refueling.