Charles Woodson Quotes

No matter how badly you play, you want to come out healthy.

How can you train if you're constantly worried about getting injured?

Think about what caused the injury and how it can be prevented next time; that way, you will become a smarter athlete and less likely to repeat the same mistakes.

Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.

I haven't been injured at all. It's just one of those things which does happen in football.

I want to exit from this sport with my head intact.

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

The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.

Injuries are part of the game, but sometimes we can avoid them by just practicing our techniques.

I always tell people that our sports aren't that dangerous.

We don't want our players getting hurt.

Each year, you've got to talk about it more and more, you've got to have programs. You're doing these camps, you've got to talk about concussion awareness.

It's lucky I haven't been in a bad tackle. I could be prepared, but if my body gets wrenched in the wrong way, I can't help that.

I think anytime that you can eliminate the big hit, it's obviously not only going to be good for your team, but it's going to be good for yourself.

You have to try to win the ball at all costs and if someone doesn't get it quite right people get injured.

As a forward it is always a bit easier to avoid the kind of challenges that can cause impact injuries.

I definitely find myself, as I get older, a lot more aware and concerned with the health of the sport.

Any time you get on the field, there's a possible chance of that happening. I think you're trying to make a play, and there is an inherent risk where you could get blindsided.

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

In soccer, you don't want to see anybody get hurt.

I've seen guys get hurt from strikes. I've seen guys get hurt from flips. It's the risk we take. I feel the fear of getting hurt will get you hurt.

I'm impassioned about injury prevention as an athlete.

When you train the way I do, injuries are going to happen.

Everybody in wrestling is looking at the information coming in on concussions. Everyone from the NFL to the WWE to TNA to the youth soccer groups around the country are realizing that there are dangers that weren't previously known.

People ask me why I keep getting injured but I have just had to accept it is one of those things that happen.