Injury Prevention Techniques Quotes

It's no good playing through pain if you're damaging yourself.

No matter how badly you play, you want to come out healthy.

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

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

There have not been many occasions when I have bowled pain free and generally you are not 100 percent.

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

For every 100 times you can nail a big move, it's that 101st time where you over-rotate and it can end your career.

When you train the way I do, injuries are going to happen.

It's funny to me because everyone says I'm injury prone. That's hilarious to me because I've never blown a hammy or a shoulder or anything like that, knock on wood.

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.

Dealing with injuries each year, it's kind of like a given that it'll happen. You've just got to push through it.

Doing that hunt scene was really quite demanding. I actually broke a rib during that scene. And then all the scenes after that became quite challenging, just breathing and laughing.

You can't play when you're not 100% fit especially at this level.

I'm not saying I'm never going to get injured again; that's just impossible.

I've had a couple of years where injuries have not let me develop in the way I wanted. When I was 21, after the European Championship, I had more injuries. Everything has been less continuous and it has cost me more progress. Continuity is what got me where I am.

I would go into practice pushing the body despite any injuries. It's a good thing but a bad thing. It's good because your body is quick to adapt, but it's a bad thing because you are forcing your body, and it can't recover as well.

Injuries are part of the game, but sometimes we can avoid them by just practicing our techniques.

Sometimes, it's just unfortunate you get injured in the game. But you can definitely take strides to prevent those things.

Because of my sports background, I know how to overcome wear and tear and how to temporarily fix injuries on the spot.

I've put myself in the best possible positions through my daily training and my recovery processes and my offseason regimen and preparation. I break down when I have these freak injuries happen, when the hard work is basically thrown out.

Think about what caused the injury and how it can be prevented next time; that way, you will become a smarter athlete and less likely to repeat the same mistakes.

I never had a serious injury that kept me out of a big competition. Now everyone has injuries - to their feet or their knees or their backs.

I want the opportunity to play pain-free.

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