If you are not playing a player, any player, for two, three, four games, then you don't have to give a reason for that. But if it gets to eight or nine games, then you have to explain the situation. What's going on?
It's always bad news when a player gets injured - dreadful news.
It's always better for the players being injured to come back to a winning team; it takes pressure off their shoulders.
Home-plate collisions are something you cannot ignore.
Sometimes the ATP puts a lot of pressure on the players and sometimes you get injured because you play on a dangerous surface. Nothing happens, no one pays for that.
In 1906, I developed pleurisy and was unable to get into condition. So I asked for my release and obtained it. So ended my Major League career.
An injured Zlatan is a pretty serious thing for any team.
Back in 1983, quarterback Tommy Kramer got hurt and the Minnesota Vikings traded for me. The plan was for me to play, but I got something called Graves' disease, an autoimmune disorder, and wound up on injured reserve.
The last thing you want to see is your great players in the press box or in the locker room.
Changing public perceptions is important. Nobody bats an eyelid in a team sport when a player gets injured and is still getting paid. In tennis, there is nothing like that.
Now listen lads, I'm not happy with our tackling. We're hurting them but they keep getting up.
I can understand the fact you don't want the ball slipping out of a pitcher's hand because someone can get hurt.
It's always a blow for a team if important players get injured or suspended.
