Thibaut Courtois Quotes

When you are injured - and injured for a while - it is hard. You have to go to the training ground and watch everyone go out to play.

Any athlete will tell you that it's the most difficult thing in the world being injured.

Yeah, two or three weeks ago I was fairly snappy. I've never been injured before and this year it feels like I've hardly played.

People don't understand how hard it is to be injured, not to be part of the team but to watch from the side.

It is terrible to be injured; you want to return to playing football.

It can be a lonely place when you are injured. You miss being out there with your team-mates and just experiencing the highs and the lows.

When I was injured after 'Kill Bill' I had a year where I not just couldn't make any money but I couldn't swim, I couldn't surf, I could hardly run, which is insane. I couldn't do gymnastics, martial arts, I could barely crawl on all fours. That was devastating to me.

I've had, you know, my leg chopped off.

If I break my ankle right now, this Olympics wasn't meant to be.

Anyone who was been injured for a long period can emphasise how happy you are when you are able to be back on the pitch.

It's been frustrating for me, as I've been injured a lot, but hopefully, I can get more fitness and get time on the pitch.

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.

The doctors said I might not be able to walk again. Today, I can almost run, but back then, I couldn't even stand up. I was bed-ridden. If I wanted to turn over in bed, I had to move my legs with my hands. I was in and out of the hospital for months.

I shattered the heel in my good leg, and it was an extremely bad injury. I wasn't sure if I'd be able to snowboard again.

I don't want to think much about my injury in Australia. That phase is history.

I had broken my nose while practicing. Also I got a fracture on my shoulders, knees.

There were times while I was injured at Villa when I felt like I was a ghost.

I was riding pillion on my friend's motorbike, and we met with an accident which badly injured my right leg. I was bedridden for three years and used crutches for one year before I fully recovered.

People don't realize I tore my rotator cuff when I was 12 or 13. At that time, being so young, we decided just to not have surgery.

It's hard to come back and play when you've gone through surgery.

I got a third-degree ankle sprain practicing long jump. I never fully recovered. That was my first heartbreak. I thought track was going to be something that was going to happen in my life. It never went in the direction I wanted it to, no matter how hard I tried.

I had to have shoulder reconstruction.

The physio side probably stemmed from the knocks I got as a player.

I struggled quite a long time with my backhand, which was one of my best weapons before my surgery. It took me a long time until I regained full confidence in it again and only tried to keep the ball in play at the start of the '09 season.

I damaged my Achilles tendon, so I can't run.