Dion Waiters Quotes

People didn't want to accept that I was injured. I played on a bad knee, a really bad knee, for a long time. I actually put team before me and played when I was hurt, but people still would dog me.

If you're gonna get punched in the face, elbowed, cut up, busted up, injured, have to cut weight, have to bring yourself to the brink of death to show up the next day and try to put on the performance of your life, you've gotta love it. And if I don't love it, it's just not worth it to me.

When you play injured, you're still judged like you're 100 percent. You know you can't do all you want to, but you want to get back to help your teammates.

That's what sport can do to you: it gives you a lot of heartache and pain, and sometimes the ultimate rewards.

Gold medals are made out of your sweat, blood and tears, and effort in the gym every day, and sacrificing a lot.

I go out there and get my eyes gouged, my nose busted, my body slammed. I love the pain of the game.

Wrestling school was probably one of the hardest things I've ever done. It just killed me.

I'd rather not, but if it will help the club, I'll do it. My ankle injury still bothers me sometimes.

No cross no crown.

My experience with music, I'm not going to say extremely negative, but it's definitely been a grind; it's been grimy - it hasn't been a pretty process. It's left me crying, you know, on the carpet in my tiny apartment with, like, no money. But it's been worth it, it's my passion, my dream, it's what I love to do.

Over the years, I've made many sacrifices to win two Olympic gold medals and put together winning streaks that will never be broken.

The necessity to constantly turn in an excellent performance, to be absolutely wedded to this dedication and this ideal means that as a child you're going to pay for it personally.

You have to execute. You have to sacrifice your body.

Runners exalt the marathon as a public test of private will, when months or years of solitary training, early mornings, lost weekends, rain and pain mature into triumph or surrender. That's one reason the race-day crowds matter, the friends who come to cheer and stomp and flap their signs and push the runners on.

It's tough to win major championships. So many things and emotions go through your mind.

I never got used to getting hurt and watching games on the bench. So, it's a little frustrating for me to sit there and watch my guys go out there and play every day.

I hated to miss games... at the height of my career, I missed a lot of games due to... just a hamstring pull. And I hated sitting out. I just hated it. You play for your team, but you also play for the people who attend the games.

It makes everything worth it; every weight that you lifted in the offseason, every swing that you took in the cage. When you feel like you came through for your team, and you see the joy on their faces, there's nothing like it.

I feel I have experienced pretty much everything I can in football, winning, losing, the injury side and all the set-backs.

Sometimes people fight with injuries and nobody knows, so it's important for the fans to see what we do to - for everything.

I've had broken fingers and still played for Team Canada.

I dropped Nascimento in the first round, but he came back, and I had to dig really deep because he was gaining the whole time. He ruptured my left ear drum with a right hand in the fifth round, which caused a few hearing problems, but I was able to overcome it.

My idea behind the film was to show the struggles an athlete continually endures. There is always a story behind a successful sportsperson. In 'Soorma,' we have tried to recreate that.

I've had loads of kicks over the years, and I'm not really too fussed about them. I get kicked, and I don't like to roll around or anything. I like to get back up pretty quickly, even if it hurt.

I broke my back, I broke my ankle. I didn't cry then.