I’ve had so many injuries in my life that it’s ridiculous.
Our veterans should never be penalized for injuries they sustained in service to our country.
I think I had a positive development at Chelsea. I was very young when I arrived, only 20, and the problem I had was injuries.
I was a huge boxing fan, but it’s a sport where the guys punch each other in the head. I thought maybe I shouldn’t be a fan of that anymore. Maybe I shouldn’t allow myself to cheer a sport where the head injuries are a big part of it.
I am a naturally big guy, but I cannot rush my conditioning, otherwise trying too much too quickly could result in injuries.
Critically, you have to remain positive and know you will recover, remembering if you didn’t suffer injuries, you’d be a pretty remarkable competitor in any sport.
Some runners have a constant progression, but mine was very stop and start because of injuries.
Sometimes, quarterbacks just get hurt. So do running backs, so do linemen, so do wide receivers. Blaming innovative schemes for these injuries is shortsighted.
The injuries we do and those we suffer are seldom weighed in the same scales.
Seeing the body heal itself and come back from injuries is something that just makes me value my body and health even more. I love everything about it.
I’ve been through seasons where I’ve not played a lot of games, and its been difficult due to injuries and stuff like that.
In order to resist injuries and stay healthy, you have to be mobile and agile. You have to be able to have your body work for you.
I am thankful for everyone at the club that helped me, the fans, the coaches that I have had, the staff that have helped with injuries, I am really grateful to everyone at Everton. It was like a family to me.
I don’t think I have the mileage on me to really complain of any injuries yet.
I almost did a show called ‘Celebrity Splash.’ It was a high diving competition show that only ran one season because of all the injuries. I can’t even enter the water without holding my nose, but I was between jobs and the money was tempting.
I was a creative player, but I got some bad injuries early on and I decided that if this was a jungle we were playing in then it’s better to be a lion than a lamb.
When I stopped doing ballet, I started training in the pool. I would do my barre exercises in the water, because that prevents injuries.
All my football injuries now have arthritis in them.
I’ve been through a lot with injuries and I kind of know the process, I know what it takes to get back and I’ve been through the rehab stages before.
But in 2000, the injuries really started to kick in and my elbow gave a lot of problems. At the end of the year I had to take 20 months off before I could come back into the game.
They always say baseball is 90 percent mental, 10 percent physical, whatever that saying is. I don’t even think I know it. But this game is already a game of failure. Going into it not feeling good, battling whatever injuries, tests you even more.
A hamstring is definitely nothing to play with. There are chronic hamstring injuries where guys think it is fine, and they go out there and try to run and pull it again.
I honestly think that we’re getting away from the basic structure of wrestling and it causes wrestlers’ careers to come up short because of injuries.
I had ACL, MCL, and meniscus injuries on my right knee.
Slight small injuries, and they will become none at all.
I think, most definitely, my style has been changing throughout the years, and that’s because of the injuries that I’ve had, the multiple surgeries on my left knee.
People saw me as being heroic, but I was no more heroic than I was with other injuries I had, like the lacerated kidney I suffered during the 1990 World Series. It’s just that people haven’t known anyone with a lacerated kidney, but everyone can relate to someone with cancer.
That’s the worst part about all of the injuries and the criticism. It would be one thing if I had been healthy for five years and just sucked when I was on the court. But I can’t prove what I can do because I can’t stay healthy. Not having control over the situation makes it tough.
The more injuries you get, the smarter you get.
There were schools and hospitals who were ready to take people with undescribed injuries, but not necessarily ready to take people with severe radiation poisoning.
You can’t predict injuries. That’s one thing you can’t do.
Sport is healthy, but it can be the opposite of that at the top level. You have so many injuries; you put your body through so much. You wake up at 2 in the morning, and you cannot move.
I’ve always said given a chance, with me being 100 per cent and none of the niggling injuries I always seem to pick up now and then, that I can compete with anyone in the league who is challenging in my position.
I do have great memories from when my pops got inducted. Obviously, knowing him and knowing how hard he worked in pro football for so long and what he sacrificed, the physical side of it, the injuries, and the grinding and now eight years into the NFL you know what hard work that is.
I’ve had two unlucky injuries that are the equivalent of walking under 1,000 ladders and seeing 1,000 black cats.
I never had any major surgeries or anything like that. I’ve had a few career-threatening injuries, but I bounced back from them.
After I suffered a labral tear in my hip while playing soccer, I realized that many sports-related injuries can be prevented and I dedicated myself to helping young athletes learn more about injury prevention.
When you come off of injuries, you don’t want to rush things.
As an athlete, I understood the value of my health insurance. I knew that in my profession, injuries were common and could happen at any time.
I’ve played with a lot of injuries.
If you told me as a ten-year-old kid, loving tennis as I did, that I’d be plagued by injuries and have to finish early I’d still have chosen this life.
The number of electrical injuries cared for in hospitals in the US is estimated at as many as 50,000; the cost of these injuries on the US economy is estimated at over one billion dollars per year.
We understand that you can’t play all 82, trust me, with injuries and all that. But if you’re feeling OK – a lot of people have been banged up, but if you’re feeling OK, then you should play. That’s what you get paid for. That’s what fans deserve. The fans definitely deserve that.
I got injuries already from fighting from guys that have been cheating. And you’re never the same when you get injured like that. I mean, look at my hand. It’s broken, it’s got 16 screws in it. I’m not as strong in this hand. It just affects you, especially this body being my livelihood.
I endured quite a few injuries when I was younger and had my first surgery on my foot when I was 15. But I love dancing. ‘Anna Karenina’ was great for me as it meant I could combine the two and I actually went back and did some classes.
Nobody really wants to hear about anybody else’s injuries. Or how your back feels. Whose back doesn’t hurt?
I really loved animals when I was little – my friend and I had an imaginary vet’s office; we would mime doing surgery on animals. We treated more injuries than illnesses – fixing with a baby bear with a broken leg, removing a tumor. Of course, our surgeries would take about five seconds; that’s how good we were.
Everyone seems to have this perception that I’m injury-prone or I’ve had a lot of injuries, and that’s not the case at all.
Illness, mechanicals, and injuries is not something you can 100% avoid; you can only try to limit the risk.
The game can be quite dangerous when you look at certain injuries, especially head injuries.
Dealing with injuries each year, it’s kind of like a given that it’ll happen. You’ve just got to push through it.
I’ve been a bit unlucky with small injuries.
Personally, most of my injuries were ones that I sustained during fights in the UFC, not in practice.
My body had given up on me at one point. And as many injuries as I’ve had over the years, I truly believed that my body needed to rest and not be on the grind like it’s been for the last 15 years.
That’s the biggest act of cowardice, faking injuries.
Sometimes I have to deal with pain in my wrist, which is normal after all my surgeries, but I think it’s amazing for me to be just thinking about tennis, not anymore about the injuries.
I’ve had a lot of injuries. I had to learn a lot. Despite everything, I still have confidence.
There are a lot of good memories, and because I was injured, during the rehab, I met my wife. The tennis was very good but the injuries were good for something too.
A lot of fighters just go to the gym and spar or wrestle, but they forget about their conditioning. Things like that cause lots of injuries.
I’ve separated my shoulder and my collarbone; I’ve messed up my knee a million times. I’ve broken my foot in several places. I’ve broken my toe a bunch, broken my nose a couple of times, and had a bunch of other annoying little injuries, like turf toe and arthritis and tendonitis. It’s part of the game.
Injuries are part of the game; you’ve got to play through them.
I feel great. I feel like I’m in my 20s. I did have a lot of injuries, yes, but I feel great now. I think the path that I had did good things to my body and also my mind. I came back very motivated.
