Hal Needham Quotes

If you fell down, you were dead.

They used a doll when I fall through the ceiling.

It's all fun and games 'till someone loses an eye, then it's just fun you can't see.

No gloves cut a bit more, but that's not a problem if you don't fear blood.

All it takes is one punch, one big punch, and that could wreck everything for me.

I've got two kids and a missus. I don't want problems after boxing. You need to be careful.

Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.

There are no small accidents on this circuit.

If you put a brick on my head and break it, I will be fine.

You can only jump so far until you break your leg. You can only land so hard until something explodes.

I screwed my knee up once because I fell off the stage.

Everyone has been injured, regardless of whether they're an athlete or not.

I got injuries already from fighting from guys that have been cheating. And you're never the same when you get injured like that. I mean, look at my hand. It's broken, it's got 16 screws in it. I'm not as strong in this hand. It just affects you, especially this body being my livelihood.

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.

When you are caught with a big shot, you don't really feel it. It's like being in a car crash, and maybe your arm has been ripped off... it is only when you look down at it that you realise it has happened.

There's always a little fear anytime you're doing something crazy because at any moment you can break a leg, land on your neck, or peel off the bar. Over the years, we've fallen so many times that we've kind of learned how to fall safely. Still, there is always a risk.

I fell off a wall in Cockermouth when I was 18. The slate on the top of the wall was loose and I tried to jump up and sit on it. I ended up falling backwards and the tile ended up falling back onto my hand.

My earliest childhood memories are just of me falling and getting injuries.

I don't want to go out there and jeopardize myself getting hurt in camp.

If you do not have good shoes, you can get injured.

You know I don't want to fall. I'm a tall woman, and it's a long way down.

Most challenging, mainly for me, learning how to bump, learning to trust your body and trust somebody else with your body, when we're learning how to do bodyslams and suplexes and figuring out how to kick somebody right while making sure to protect each other. In the beginning, for me, a forward roll was pretty challenging.

Injuries are part of life. We can't decide on that.

And everywhere girls, tumbling from trees like orange blossoms and hitting the earth with sickening thuds. They crack open.

You can do anything when it's not real. When it is real, nothing breaks your fall. Nothing gets between you and the ground.