Ed Reed Quotes

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.

It's tough to play with an injury.

My playing time in 1992 was limited because of an injury I suffered in a practice.

My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of the night. She said she wanted me to know that even if I was hurt, I was still fine.

I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.

My knee was torn up. I tore every ligament in my knee. It was a very, very bad injury. I had to do what the doctors told me to do, and I did that. The next year, I came back and led the league in rushing.

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 tough to play well - or not that well - when you're injured.

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

I've played with a lot of injuries.

I've played through a lot of injuries before, as a young kid through high school.

That's probably the biggest difference from a hamstring to different injuries. You can play through pain with other injuries. But as I found out quickly with a hamstring, if you're feeling any pain, eventually, it's not going to work.

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

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

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

Up until the age of 16, I was very focused on sport - I played a lot of football. Then I tore my ACL and had to stop playing.

There's a difference between playing hurt and playing injured.

I think no athlete wants to end his career on an injury.

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

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

I can't criticize an athlete if they say they're injured.

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

I'm not a good spectator; I'm a nightmare when I'm injured and I'm not playing.

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.