Injury Prevention Programs Quotes

I understand being second-guessed and stuff when an injury happens - certainly I understand that - but that's football.

My playing time in 1992 was limited because of an injury I suffered in a practice.

It's so uncommon for athletes to push themselves the way they do and not have injuries as a result.

Yeah, I've always been very straightforward when you start dealing with injuries. You always have to communicate with the trainers and the manager and the pitching coach exactly where you're at.

I had a constant fear, a constant little doubt in my mind: 'OK, I'm getting ready to do my standing back full on beam and I might re-tear my ACL.'

Players now have a groin injury for months and months, and I often think they don't really give a toss whether they're playing or not because they're getting paid anyway.

Sometimes, quarterbacks just get hurt. So do running backs, so do linemen, so do wide receivers. Blaming innovative schemes for these injuries is shortsighted.

I've played with IVs before, during and after games. I've played with a broken hand, a sprained ankle, a torn shoulder, a fractured tooth, a severed lip, and a knee the size of a softball. I don't miss 15 games because of a toe injury that everybody knows wasn't that serious in the first place.

I can't criticize an athlete if they say they're injured.

Most of the players can get injured, small ones and big ones. But when you get the small ones, you have to fight against them and play, play, play.

As a manager, you always want as many players available as possible, but injuries are a part of football, as it is a contact sport.

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.

Great players, they don't get hurt as much as the other players.

I wish there was a season where I was playing and didn't have no aches, no pains, no bruises, no nothing.

I'm impassioned about injury prevention as an athlete.

Going in, you want to play a perfect season and play throughout the whole entire season, but injuries are a part of basketball.

I don't think the sport is any more dangerous than it's ever been.

I've broken my hand, I threw my back out once, and then I've had some pretty bad cuts, but that's been about it. I've been able to avoid most of the really, really bad injuries and career-ending injuries.

We've made a lot of strides over the years in making the game better for players to be able to stay healthy and showcase talent.

Not every time someone gets hit these days with a kick, they don't necessarily take a flat-back. Maybe less flat-backs add time to a career, but if they miss some of it, it just seems like you're done.

In terms of timing, there's never a good time to get injured.

It's impossible for one player to play the whole year. I've learnt that myself, and you're always bound to get injuries.

It's funny because everybody has injuries, and different teams handle them differently.

You mean guys don't get injured in spring training? Guys get hurt walking down the street.

If you have a lot of injuries for a long period, that makes it more normal to bring in new players.