Sports Recovery Quotes

After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.

I thought I did well for someone who has been out for 10 or 11 months. Then I was sub against Liverpool and tried to play for the guys and work on my fitness.

I don't think people understand what microfracture surgery is. It's pretty serious. A lot of basketball players get it in their knees, and if they do bounce back, it takes a while.

I asked [my doctors] if I'd be able to play singles tennis and they said I could. That made me very happy since I haven't played in five years.

Recovery after hard work is key for any athlete.

After a tough match, I'll do an ice bath, and that's really good for recovery because it helps circulation. Sometimes you feel really swollen.

I think after a big European game you're looking at four or five days. For two days afterwards I don't really do anything. I do a recovery the next day, which is bike work, a light stretch, some yoga and an ice bath after that. Then the second day I would just do the bike again for 20 minutes and then do some strides, which is box to box, just eight of them, just to get the legs going and the blood going again.

I have to work hard. I have to get fitness back. If I get game time - which is always different to training - I have to work hard on my game and get confidence again.

The return is one of the hardest shots to make when you come back from injury.

In my private life, I don't really do too much because the matches are so tough in the Premier League that it takes time to recover in between.

I loved being back out on the pitch. Although I have not been in full training, I felt pretty good.

To have a week off in the middle of the season feels like a lot longer I think, so I feel really good. Hopefully I can go out there and get some runs.

Even before I went vegan, in terms of cutting out red meat, my tendinitis and recovery after games was vastly improved.

Well, my hand never fell off, and within no time, I was bowling competitively in leagues and tournaments.

I had to go back and work on my bowling when I first came in. I was out of the team for three-four months before I came back into the ODI team again. I had to work on my bowling, which I did and the results are coming.

Arsenal was in a decline. We had to stop this and begin climbing.

I've been able to come back at a high level which is something I'm happy about, not just stand on the pitch but able to perform as well.

A fit player has good and bad times during a season, and you have that in rehab, too.

I have found a flat on Merseyside and am settling down here. If I can keep playing and get back to full match fitness, I know I have a lot to offer still.

I love to lift after games.

Visiting Anderson Silva. He's doing AMAZING! Leg is healing fast and will be walking without crutches in 30 days.

Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.

All my time in rehab has made me appreciate tennis more than ever.

I would like to thank all my tennis fans who were there from Day One when I was No. 1, through my stabbing, and my comeback.

I still play a bit of tennis, but only a knockabout to help with my recovery after a game.