Top 303 Injuries Quotes

When I retired, I stopped playing because of my body, so much pain and injuries.

Injuries happen every season. We can’t rely on that being a crutch. It’s up to all of us to do our best to fill those voids as coaches and players.

If you are lucky enough to avoid serious injuries then the body goes on; it’s the mind that gives in. And it’s the mind that you need to enable you to suffer pre-season every year.

Given where medicine is today, there may not be any traditional injuries that aren’t repairable.

To recognize that head injuries were as essential a part of football as they are of boxing would be to erase the fine distinction on which the game’s respectability rested.

My footballing curve; I never thought this could happen. But over the years of work, injuries, without opportunities, I’ve learned that deep inside an attitude builds which says: ‘The moment someone gives me the chance, there’s no way I’m letting go.’

I’ve had knee trouble, and I worry about my shoulder, but I think my weakest link is my head. A helmet can only do so much, and I have seen the effects of brain injuries. That is a big fear. I think everyone’s weakest link is their brain because it’s their most fragile link.

According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.

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.

There’s going to be different kinds of challenges on a yearly basis. You’re going to have to overcome injuries, or you overcome a playoff loss or what have you. So there’s always challenges in this business.

Every team deals with obstacles throughout the course of the season, and it’s as a unit that they need to be worked through. Injuries are part of the game, just like facing tough teams on the road or having one of your best players get into foul trouble.

Unfortunately, injuries are part of the game and you have to adapt, keep faith, trust and never give up.

You’re never going to be bulletproof, but if you’re feeding yourself good food and making sure you’re eating the right supplements, I think you reduce the chances of getting any niggling injuries.

It’s a mental battle trying to come back from injuries and I don’t feel like having that mental battle with myself.

It’s not just professional athletes and soldiers who are at risk from traumatic brain injury. More than 1.7 million people a year sustain a traumatic brain injury, and about 50,000 of them die each year, according the Centers for Disease Control. There are both emotional and financial costs from these injuries.

You never know what could happen with injuries.

I’m pretty cautious and not very athletic, so I’ve only had really dumb injuries, like sprained ankles and allergic reactions. I did have to go to the hospital after slicing my finger while trying to cut a Kaiser roll in half.

Maybe you’re not having a thousand times more injuries, but there’s an aspect to the purity of the game and the quality of the game that is played on grass that is different on turf.

There was a disc and two bone spurs pressing on my spinal cord. If anyone’s had spinal cord problems or disc injuries in their neck, they’d understand what I went through.

So much of my career was affected by injuries. Not just the well documented surgery, but the hamstring pulls and other things. Injuries hit me hard, and they always seemed to come at key times.

Kids specializing at sports at such a young age could be part of the reason why you’re seeing so many injuries.

I have all kinds of chest injuries; I tore my vein during ‘Rocky II’ and had 60 stitches. If you’ve seen ‘Rocky Balboa,’ you’ll know how bad they look.

It hasn’t always been easy. There’s a lot of hard moments. Sometimes you learn from the end of the bench. Sometimes you learn from injuries. Sometimes you learn the most through the hard things. If you can keep a good attitude and keep on working, eventually situations change, and you can put those things to use.

You’ve got to deal with adversity throughout the season, whether it’s injuries, losing a game where you don’t play well.

I think there’s no creative process that goes without injuries and scratches and punches. You get beat up somehow, and that’s part of the commitment. You have to be open to that.

I’m always getting injuries like bruised and bloody knuckles from catching a cymbal or the edge of a drum.

I have no fear of anybody or anything happening to me in WWE because nothing can be as bad as some of the injuries I went through and some of the grotesque things that have happened to my body.

Injuries are horrible for every player.

I never had problems with injuries as a kid or in the youth team. My injuries started at Chelsea, when I broke my foot during a pre-season game. That was just pure bad luck, but after that, I had some muscular injuries, too, so I had to get to know my body better.

While I’m in training camp, I don’t do a whole lot of live wrestling, because I feel like that’s where most of my injuries occur.

As a manager, you can only worry about those who can get on the bus, and those are the fit ones. Injuries and illnesses mean opportunities for others.

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.

A major final to a tennis player is sacred ground. Short of any type of serious injury – soft-tissue tears, serious orthopedic injuries or a major illness like throwing up, dehydration or cramping – you keep going, especially in the final of a Slam.

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

It is difficult to say how muscle injuries occur.

It’s worth knowing more about the complicated environmental and genetic factors that could explain why traumatic brain injuries lead to long-term disabilities in some people and not in others.

I think my injuries only make me stronger as a person.

The PGA Tour has a lot of interaction with our military, and I’ve grown to have an incredible respect for our troops who are coming home with these horrific injuries, as well as any organization that can not only help them get healed up, but help them get integrated back into society.

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

When I was in the army, there were four times that I was wounded. I also got more than 30 wounds on my body, and my injuries were ranked on the second rank of invalids. The first rank is the most severe. So, that means that I had lost more than 60 per cent of working capability.

Write injuries in dust, benefits in marble.

I had only one year in England and had not such a good time. Two times, I was out eight weeks with injuries.

I’ve been unfortunate enough to be working, and recovering from a few injuries now and again.

I’ve cracked my head open before; I’ve had some great injuries. So I have to do it on the side now. I cracked my head open kiting before a competition in New Caledonia. The water was shallow, and I missed a trick and hit my head on a rock.

You never know what may happen with injuries and suspensions.

Concussions have brought the consciousness to the problem, but I think the problem is football-related injuries, period, and the lack of support from the league of those players who have suffered those injuries. The denial factor has been unbelievable. I’m here because I’m a fighter to try to bring attention to this fact.

An emotion that lives with me is a sense of ‘what might have been’ had injuries not robbed me of my most lethal weapon – speed.

Everything was good when I was in Japan, and then, unfortunately, the injuries started.

Sometimes it’s been difficult to stay positive, especially after the injuries that I’ve had, which have been frustrating.

Now I know a lot about my body, like how important it is to eat well, as it makes you stronger in the end and helps prevent injuries. Or when you train, do you just start to shoot, or do you have a good warm-up first?

Little injuries are always happening, so you’ve just got to train through those. You’ve also got to have the right training partners, people you trust.

I’ve had a few injuries and if you can’t carry on, that’s always a bad sign. Sometimes it’s bruising or sometimes it’s a nerve that stops you.

For most of my career I’ve been very lucky to have avoided major injuries.

You can’t just pill away injuries that go deep in someone. They don’t just stop those feelings from existing.

All of us suffer some injuries from experiences that seem to have no rhyme or reason. We cannot understand or explain them. We may never know why some things happen in this life. The reason for some of our suffering is known only to the Lord.

I played years ago around a bunch of guys who hung on as long as they could, and they begin to resent the game because of injuries and the way they’re being treated.

I’ve had a lot of injuries.

I can remember being at Gillingham playing in the fourth division ringing up other people I knew at clubs to see what team they would play, if they had injuries. Or you would ring a press man you knew in that area.