Running Injury Quotes

The worst injury I ever had was a stress fracture from running.

I pulled a hamstring during the New York City Marathon. An hour into the race, I jumped off the couch.

I had 1,000 yards when I played on plantar fasciitis before.

I run a lot. I have this five-mile run that I try and do a few times a week. If I do more, I get shin splints and it drives me mad, so I have to balance it.

I know runners who have suffered a tick bite and ended up with Lyme disease. I'll take an angry moose any day.

The plantar fasciitis that I had before it really kinda bothered me when I directly cut on the foot.

I think jogging is bad for your health. All that pressure on the knees and back cannot be good for you.

Blaming the running injury epidemic on big, bad Nike seems too easy - but that's okay, because it's largely their fault.

There's this kind of war on running - people keep telling you you'll get hurt, get injured, that you need orthotics, that you need go to a special running store before you try it. There's this totally misconceived notion that it's hard to do, and it's not.

The thing I'm afraid of the most with the 800m is injuries. That's why I don't normally like to run in a group: I prefer to be in front, just in case someone pushes me with their spikes. I don't like stuff like that.

When I started training, I just started running every day, which you shouldn't do. I learned that lesson the hard way by getting a stress fracture.