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Going in, you want to play a perfect season and play throughout the whole entire season, but injuries are a part of basketball.
Some guys milk injuries and miss a couple games at the beginning. Other guys, they tough it out for the betterment of the team.
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.
I understand that when a player reaches his mid-thirties, and has a few injuries, people start to question how long he can last.
I never had any major surgeries or anything like that. I've had a few career-threatening injuries, but I bounced back from them.
According to the law of nature it is only fair that no one should become richer through damages and injuries suffered by another.
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.
As a manager, you always want as many players available as possible, but injuries are a part of football, as it is a contact sport.
For anyone to say that WWE is fake or anything like that, no sir! It's very physical, and the injuries are real; the blood is real.
Sometimes injuries can be the best thing that happen to a guy because it allows you to freshen up and allows the crowd to miss you.
Due to the injuries that I will have for the rest of my life, it is physically impossible for me to consider any career in wrestling.
I haven't had many injuries, and I know that's because I take care of my body, and I do the things that I need to do to keep it strong.
I was very young when I made my debut. I was only 16 and it was a bit of a shock that I was involved, but there were a lot of injuries.
I feel like, looking back, if I didn't have so many injuries, who knows where my numbers could be right now. But only God can judge me.
When I stopped doing ballet, I started training in the pool. I would do my barre exercises in the water, because that prevents injuries.
Coping with injuries is always difficult for athletes because all we want to do is, basically, to have our best performances unhindered.
You never know when this can be gone. It's sad to say, but with all the injuries around the league, it can be gone in a blink of an eye.
I played until I felt like it. Some have to retire due to injuries or other issues ahead of time. But I played until I was 40 years old.
It's not that every time India play they will have their best team on the park because there are bound to be injuries and other factors.
I think I've broken every finger, and my wrist on a tennis court in Guyana, and at 33 you get other injuries like hernias and tennis elbow.
Every footballer gets injuries - Jordan Henderson has had a tough couple of years. We all have to deal with it at some stage in our career.
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.
Marriage is a blood sport. Marriage is jousting. It's disembowelment. It's just terrible, terrible visceral injuries. It's not for everybody.
It is definitely easier to deal with injuries on the mental side after you've had a few of them, since you are aware of the recovery process.
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 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 me, barefoot running has minimised my injuries. It creates a nice balance, when you are connection with the earth. It makes me enjoy running.
Sparring is probably the best cardio, but strength training is the best way to prevent the kind of injuries that come from roadwork and sparring.
You can understand why it is difficult for the players who have long-term injuries when they have to watch the boys going out training every day.
I'm quite used to playing with few injuries, whether it is back, fingers, elbow, or something else. You have to be tough and get on with the game.
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.
I don't regret the decision to retire. My body was losing its edge. I was taking longer to recover from injuries. You have to get out at some point.
What has helped me prevent injuries is being connected and having my body aligned. Every morning, I roll out and then work on my core and my balance.
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.
When I was younger, I always thought, 'I can do anything' but I felt myself turning slower, picking up hamstring injuries. It went from bad to worse.
There are some cases in which the sense of injury breeds not the will to inflict injuries and climb over them as a ladder, but a hatred of all injury.
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 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.
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.
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 paid the price over the years, though: a lot of injuries and surgeries related to my sports career; my hips and knees took a lot of wear and tear.
Pogba's a massive player. I know him a little bit. He's unbelievable. He took a red card, and that's the way it goes: you have injuries and suspensions.
I've talked to Frank Gore, Willis McGahee - different guys who had similar injuries to me. Those guys have been great mentors to me and kept me motivated.
I think acupuncture, reflexology, Reiki, and Shiatsu massage are remarkable, and I used them for years to help with injuries and as a preventative measure.
Work hard. And have patience. Because no matter who you are, you're going to get hurt in your career and you have to be patient to get through the injuries.
But the equipment to protect the players hasn't developed along with that, so now you have more players out with worse injuries, for longer periods of time.
I learned not to fight against the many bad things in football and try to always battle through injuries. That's one of the most important things I learned.
As long as we're wearing helmets and shoulder pads - there's collisions between these big, physical, fast guys - head injuries are going to be a part of it.
Just being away from home was the toughest bit. Battling injuries, going to tournaments, and not even playing was tough, but they're not really big problems.
Class-action lawsuits should allow those with serious injuries to have their own day in court. The Fairness in Class Action Litigation Act would do just that.