Cain Velasquez Quotes

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

I'm not saying I'm never going to get injured again; that's just impossible.

People probably don't realise, but you often train harder when you're injured than when you're fit.

I mean, every player is hurt every year, so that's not really an excuse for everything.

I never struggled with injury problems because of my preparation - in particular my stretching.

When you're an athlete, the one thing you're concerned about is injury, because that's the No. 1 thing that can take you out.

The biggest thing I learned is that when Dana says retire, you should retire. Otherwise, you will blow your knee out before your next fight.

I've put myself in the best possible positions through my daily training and my recovery processes and my offseason regimen and preparation. I break down when I have these freak injuries happen, when the hard work is basically thrown out.

But in 2000, the injuries really started to kick in and my elbow gave a lot of problems. At the end of the year I had to take 20 months off before I could come back into the game.

Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing.

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

My own basketball background was ripping up my ACL in a lawyer's league.

Golf is flexibility, and I notice more guys injured. You can overdo this conditioning.

Every guy I know has some sort of freak injury in their body.

I am still feeling my calf strain, so I have been unable to train this week. I will again have to sit out the weekend action, but the lads are climbing ever higher to safety.

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

Dancing is hard on all bodies, but I particularly kept getting injured.

Before I got injured, football was very easy, I didn't have to work out.

The way people train is the most dangerous thing because we train, like, everyday.

It's tough to play with an injury.

You never want an injury as you're getting ready for the playoffs.

I work hard in the offseason for that situation - for injury prevention.

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

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.

Eventually, I developed compartment syndrome in my calf and had to get surgery. I run three to five days a week now, mixed in with walking and other things. I want to run just because I enjoy it.