Burt Shavitz Quotes

The game takes a toll on your body.

For a lot of players, it's not that they don't want to play anymore or that they get tired of it or bored of it. It's that their bodies give out.

We all understand what we signed up for, but then again, you don't want this to be a game that puts people in wheelchairs at age 40.

Every time you step on the football field in between those lines you're putting your life, your career, every single ligament in your body in jeopardy.

I can't dance anymore. Total knee replacements. I can't do anything anymore.

Your body actually reminds you about your age and your injuries - the body has a stronger memory than your mind.

I'd just like to be able to walk without pain or run without a limp.

My knee has always given me problems. But it got to the point where I actually had to start giving up things. And I hate that.

Quite often, while I'm getting up in the morning, I think my warranty is running out on these body parts because it's not working quite the way it used to.

When you have an injury, you are hindered a little bit.

During your career, you put yourself in peak physical condition, but then you bear the brunt of it for the rest of your life.

I'd love to still be able to play a bit of football, but my knees are shot to pieces.

I damaged my legs and ankles many years ago when doing concerts and falling off stage.

I felt pain every night. After games, it took me a long time to walk to my car, and the driving home, it took me a couple of minutes even to get out of my car and extend my legs and just walk.

When I retired, I stopped playing because of my body, so much pain and injuries.

I can't take 200 hacks in the cage before the game. Not because I'll get tired, but because I'll hurt myself! I can't do that. I might get injured.

My back's not great, and I can't wrestle a full schedule.

Injuries are tough. I tore my ACL 50 percent in my left leg. I can't kick. I'm not going to fight without my left leg, which is my best weapon.

If I had a son, I would steer him away from wrestling. It was fun for me, but for most it's not healthy in the long run.

I wake up sometimes, and I have this limp, and I'm, like, What if someone chases me, and it's on a bad-knee day? I need to be able to get away.

I can't run anymore. That's the one thing I loved doing. And I can't play golf hardly at all because of wrist and back pain.

Regardless of how tough you think you are, regardless of how good you think your chin is, we're all only one connected punch away from being hurt, and you've just got to hope your chin holds up and your body holds up.

That takes it out of you, throwing too many punches.

Sport is healthy, but it can be the opposite of that at the top level. You have so many injuries; you put your body through so much. You wake up at 2 in the morning, and you cannot move.

I felt something in my hip but I thought it was something little. It got worse and worse over time, to the point where I couldn't sit down. That's when I knew something was wrong.