Royce Gracie Quotes

I consider myself to be one of the really, really fortunate ones to have gotten out of the game as healthy as I did.

If you play football, there's going to be a 100 percent injury rate. Something is going to be bothering you. So I just try to focus on the things that I can do to help my team.

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

I've had one very bad ankle injury but otherwise I've been incredibly lucky with my fitness. I've worked hard at it and I've always been fit even compared to other players. That sustains you through various parts of your career, but I am 36.

For most of my career I've been very lucky to have avoided major injuries.

I'm an athlete, so I'm very interested in making the sport as safe as possible - just for my own career longevity.

I did enjoy football, but the injury factor for me, you know, I had so many issues. I don't know how long my career would've been.

When you're competitive, the last thing you want to do is come out of a game, regardless of what kind of injury it is - whether it's an ankle, a knee, a rib, or a head injury.

People get injured everyday doing simple things. The problem comes sometimes when people crank up the intensity on skilled movements before they are ready.

I'm not going to change my game because I got hurt.

I hope I can make the decision to give up before my legs give up on me. I do not want to be embarrassing on the field and feel one day that I'm not at my best and players can beat me easily in duels.

While I dealt with my share of injuries throughout my career, I was fortunate to have been healthy for the majority of our run in the 1990s. The same can be said about Michael Jordan.

Actually, when I don't have a fight I'm training the hardest because I'm not worried about getting hurt.

My whole career, I've never had no serious injuries or no surgeries.

I love playing sports. I'm overly eager and aggressive and not very skilled, so it leads to many small injuries.

I give everything I have every time I take the ball. With that, I also know that there will always be a risk of injury when playing this game that I love.

My first injury ever was a broken toe, and my mother made me run laps around the mat for the rest of the night. She said she wanted me to know that even if I was hurt, I was still fine.

As far as wrestling goes, as long as my body is able to withstand the physical beating, I will keep wrestling.

Injuries is a part of a sportsmen life; you have to live with it. You can't be down with that; it is not gonna help you.

You have to be aware. Like, I'm not going to do any downhill skiing. It looks like a whole lot of fun, but I'm not going to risk breaking a leg. I want to be dancing the way I'm dancing now for 30 more years.

All ballplayers should quit when it starts to feel as if all the baselines run uphill.

Professional tennis has become an extremely physical and unbelievably competitive sport. Injuries are the bane of tennis players, and it goes with the territory.

Some guys milk injuries and miss a couple games at the beginning. Other guys, they tough it out for the betterment of the team.

I'm one injury away from hanging up the racket at any time.

I think no athlete wants to end his career on an injury.